Psalms 119:97

MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation (a) all the day.

(a) He shows that we cannot love God's word unless we exercise ourselves in it and practise it.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 11:1 ; Deuteronomy 17:19 ; Deuteronomy 6:6-9 ; Joshua 1:8 ; Proverbs 18:1 ; Proverbs 2:10

⁹⁷ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:97

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:97