Psalms 19:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalms 19:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:105
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalms 12:6
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Psalms 119:128
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-14)

God’s glory, (that is, his goodness to man) appears much in the works of creation, but much more in and by divine revelation. The holy scripture, as it is a rule both of our duty to God and of our expectation from him, is of much greater use and benefit to us than day or night, than the air we breathe in, or the light of the sun. The discoveries made of God by his works might have served if man ha…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

7-9. The law is described by six names, epithets, and effects. It is a rule, God’s testimony for the truth, His special and general prescription of duty, fear (as its cause) and judicial decision. It is distinct and certain, reliable, right, pure, holy, and true. Hence it revives those depressed by doubts, makes wise the unskilled (2Ti 3:15), rejoices the lover of truth, strengthens the desponding…