Psalms 119:98 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 119:98 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou, through thy commandments - By the teaching and power of thy law. Hast made me wiser than mine enemies - I have a better understanding of thee, of thy law, of the duties of this life, an...
Psalms 119:98 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
Psalms 119:98 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

98. Thou hast made me wiser than my adversaries He here declares, that he was more learned than his adversaries, his instructors, and the aged, because he was a scholar of God’s law. It is i...
Psalms 119:98 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 708 DAVID’S BOASTING EXPLAINED AND VINDICATED Psalms 119:97-100 . O how love I thy Law! It is my meditation all the day. Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine e...
Psalms 119:98 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. Wiser than mine enemies - Some have thought that this Psalm was composed by Daniel, and that he speaks...
Psalms 119:98 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they are ever with me— For they (i.e. thy commandments) are ever with me, always before me, to direct and advise me in right, to exhort and restrain me from wrong. For the same reason Psal...
Psalms 119:98 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies - ( Deuteronomy 4:6-8 .) With...
Psalms 119:98 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Psalms 119:98 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

MEM. (98) Better, Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies. The same correspondence of wisdom with loyal obedience to the Law is found in the Book of Proverbs.
Psalms 119:98 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
Psalms 119:98 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Thy Word Is a Lamp, unto My Feet” Psalms 119:97-112 The psalmist cries, O how love I thy law! He then proceeds to say that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding tha...
Psalms 119:98 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
Psalms 119:98 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

MEM. Reader! let us listen to these sweet words, as the words of Jesus. Let us beg of God the Holy Ghost to give us grace to feel and know our interest in what he here saith, from our interest in hi...
Psalms 119:98 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Psalms 119:98 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me. Ver. 98. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my enemies ] So that I outwit them;...
Psalms 119:98 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

MEM. Psalms 119:97 . O how I love thy law! O Lord, thou knowest my love to it is inexpressible: to then I appeal herein against all the censures and calumnies of my enemies to the contrary....
Psalms 119:98 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditatio...
Psalms 119:98 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies, because by that means I have thy wisdom to guide me, and thy power engaged to protect and save me; which is a more certain and...
Psalms 119:98 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:98 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:89 . For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. It is not a changeable or vanishing thing: «Thy word is settled,» settled for ever, settled «for ever in heaven.» As God changes n...
Psalms 119:98 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Psalms 119:98 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Psalms 119:98 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Mem. God's Word the Essence of True Wisdom.
Psalms 119:98 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 18:14 ; 1 Samuel 18:30 ; 1 Samuel 18:5 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Deuteronomy 4:8 ; James 1:25 ; Proverbs 2:6 ; Psalms 119:104 ; Psalms 119:105 ; Psalms 119:11 ; Psalm...

Psalms 119:98 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 119:98 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:98 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:98 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:98 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:98 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:98 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:98 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:98 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:98 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:98 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:98 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:98 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:98 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge