Psalms 119:98

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
commandments	מִצְוֹתֶ֑ךָ mitz.vo.Te.kha	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
wiser	תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִי te.cha.ke.Me.ni	H2449	to be wise (in mind · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix
enemies	מֵ֭אֹ֣יְבַי me.'O.ye.vai	H341	hating · preposition + verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
ever	לְעוֹלָ֣ם le.'o.Lam	H5769	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Psalms 119:104-105 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, sing…
James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man…
Deuteronomy 4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes,…
Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Deuteronomy 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Psalms 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98-100

We have here an account of David's learning, not that of the Egyptians, but of the Israelites indeed. I. The good method by which he got it. In his youth he minded business in the country as a shepherd; from his youth he minded business in the court and camp. Which way then could he get any great stock of learning? He tells us here how he came by it; he had it from God as the author: Thou hast made me wise. All true wisdom is from God. He had it by the word of God as the means, by his commandments and his testimonies. These are able to make us wise to salvation and to furnish the man of God for every good work. 1. These David took for his constant companions: "They are ever with me, ever in…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:98

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies,.... David had his enemies, as every good man has: and these are often cunning and crafty ones, at least in wickedness; many of them are wise and prudent as to natural things, wiser in worldly things and political matters than the children of light, and often lay deep schemes and take crafty counsel against the saints; and yet they, by attending to the word and commands of God, and being under his direction and counsel, counterwork the designs of their enemies, and overturn their schemes and measures, which are brought to confusion; honesty being in the issue the best policy. However, the people of God are wiser than they in…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:97-104

Psalm 119:97-104 m 97. O how have I loved thy law! it is my meditation all the day. m 98. Thou hast made me wiser than my adversaries by thy commandments: for they are ever with me. m 99. Thou hast made me to know more than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. m 100. I excelled the aged in understanding; for I have kept thy statutes. m 101. I have restrained my feet from every evil path, that it may keep thy word. m 102. I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me. m 103. O how sweet/save been thy words to my palate! sweeter than honey to my mouth! m 104. By thy statutes I have acquired understanding; therefore I have hated every false way. 97. O how…

The Church Fathers

And he then addeth: "Thou hast made me to understand Thy commandment above mine enemies; for it is ever with me" (ver. 98). For "they have indeed a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge," etc. But the Psalmist, who understandeth the commandment of God above these his enemies, wishes to be found with the Apostle, "not having" his "own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ, which is of God;" not that the Law which his enemies read is not of God, but because they do not understand it, like him who understandeth it above his enemies, by clinging to the Stone upon which they stumbled. For "Christ is the end of the law," etc., "that they may be justified freely through His grace;" not like those who imagine that they obey the law of their own strength, and are therefore, though by God's law, yet still endeavouring to set up their own righteousness; but as the son of promise, who hungering and athirst after it, by seeking, by asking, by knocking, as it were begs it of the Father, that being adopted he may receive it through His only-begotten Son. ...His enemies sought from the same commandment temporal rewards; and therefore it was not unto them for ever, as it was unto this man. For they who have translated "for ever" have rendered better than they who have written "for an age," since at the end of time there can be no longer a commandment of the law. ...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Meditation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:98

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98-100

John Gill on Psalms 119:98

John Calvin on Psalms 119:97-104

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:98

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98-100

John Gill on Psalms 119:98

John Calvin on Psalms 119:97-104

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:97-104

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:97-104