John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

This psalm pursues two chief ends: to exhort God's children toward a holy life, and to establish the Law as the rule and form of true worship. The psalmist weaves in promises to animate believers to live justly, and complaints against the wicked who despise the Law, lest the faithful be corrupted by their example. Though he moves from one matter to another, the composition is not a heap of scattered thoughts, but holds together by a living connection.

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Commenting on Psalm 119:1-176

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

I declared all God's judgments with my lips, not merely as a king giving orders, but in my daily speech, showing how full my heart was of His word. Out of abundance of the heart the mouth speaks; so I fed others with what I myself had been fed. Those who know God's word should share it freely, as a householder brings forth from his store things new and old.

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Commenting on Psalm 119:13-16

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

I will meditate in thy precepts,.... In his own mind; revolve them in his thoughts; consider well the nature, excellency, usefulness, and importance of them, and the obligations he lay under to observe them. The Targum is, "I will speak of thy precepts;'' in conversation to others, and recommend them to them; so the Arabic version: and have respect unto thy ways; or "look" (s)...