Psalms 119:68

Thou art good; gracious and bountiful in thy nature. And doest good to all men, both good and bad, Matthew 5:45, and in all things, yea, even when thou afflictest. Teach me thy statutes; which is the good that I desire above all things.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou art good - See the Psalms 100:5 , note; Psalms 107:1 , note. And doest good - As the expression or manifestation of goodness. The good...
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 beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

good . kind. doest good. actest kindly.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Thou art good - And because thou art good, thou doest good; and because thou delightest to do...
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Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Thou art good, and doest good. To be good and to do good are God's grand characteristic...
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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is characteristic of this psalm that the higher the conception of the Divine nature, the more earnest becomes the prayer for knowledge of His will...
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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

TETH. As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the same...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou [art] good, and doest good ,.... Essentially, originally, and only good, and the fountain of all goodness to his creatures; who does good to al...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Ver. 68. Thou art good, and doest good ] Good in thyself (indeed there is none good but th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Here, 1. David praises God's goodness and gives him the glory of it: Tho...
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 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Teth. The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou art good and doest good, even when God lays upon His children the burden of suffering, since His purpose is always one of kindness and mercy, t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 33:18 ; Exodus 33:19 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Isaiah 63:7 ; Luke 18:19 ; Mark 10:18 ; Matthew 19:17 ; Matthew 5:45 ; Psalms 1:1...

⁶⁸ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:68

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 119:68