Psalms 119:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies. Eight terms are used for the Word of God in this psalm, all of which occur in this first stanza. The law-the testimonies-precepts-commandments-judgments (these five occur in the 19th Psalm) - statutes х choq (H2706), a different Hebrew word from that ( piquwdeey (H6490)) for statutes in Psalms 19:8.] - ways-righteousness. This 119th Psalm is based upon David's 19th Psalm.

That seek him with the whole heart. Therefore the psalmist declares, Psalms 119:10, "With my whole heart have I sought thee." Not with a divided heart, as the "double-minded" (James 4:8).

Psalms 119:2

2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.