诗篇 19:8

Chinese Union (Simplified)

耶 和 华 的 训 词 正 直 ， 能 快 活 人 的 心 ； 耶 和 华 的 命 令 清 洁 ， 能 明 亮 人 的 眼 目 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
耶和華的訓詞是正直的，能使人心快樂；耶和華的命令是清潔的，能使人的眼睛明亮。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

statutes: Psalms 105:45, Psalms 119:12, Psalms 119:16, Psalms 119:80, Psalms 119:171, Genesis 26:5, Exodus 18:16, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:6, Ezekiel 36:27

right: Psalms 119:128, Nehemiah 9:13

rejoicing: Psalms 40:8, Psalms 119:14, Psalms 119:24, Psalms 119:54, Psalms 119:92, Psalms 119:121, Psalms 119:143, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14, Nehemiah 8:12, Isaiah 64:5, Jeremiah 15:16, Romans 7:22

is pure: Psalms 12:6, Psalms 119:40, Proverbs 30:5, Romans 7:12-14

enlightening: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 119:98-100, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 119:130, Proverbs 2:6, Proverbs 6:23, Romans 2:17-20, Romans 3:20, Romans 7:7, Galatians 2:19, Galatians 3:10-13, Galatians 3:21

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:22 - statutes Leviticus 23:14 - it shall be 2 Samuel 22:23 - judgments 2 Kings 17:37 - the statutes Nehemiah 1:7 - the commandments Job 33:27 - right Psalms 18:30 - tried Psalms 33:4 - the word Psalms 56:4 - In God I will Psalms 93:5 - Thy Psalms 119:96 - but thy Psalms 119:111 - for they Psalms 119:140 - pure Proverbs 8:9 - General Isaiah 8:20 - it is Hosea 14:9 - for Romans 2:18 - being instructed 2 Corinthians 3:7 - was Ephesians 6:1 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The statutes of the Lord [are] right,.... The word of God may be called "statutes", or "visitations" d because that God will visit, in a way of resentment, such persons as despise its authority, do not act according to it, or add unto it, or detract from it; or the word may be rendered "commissions" e, things committed to trust, as the Scriptures were to the Jews, Romans 3:1; and as the Gospel is committed to the trust of the ministers of it, who faithfully dispense it, 2 Corinthians 5:19. Now these may be said to be right, as the word of the Lord is, Psalms 33:4; since they set men right in their principles, and direct them to right practices; they are the means of making them upright in heart, and in conversation: the doctrines of the word of God have nothing crooked, froward, and perverse in them; are without sophism, and the hidden things of dishonesty; they are all in righteousness, and plain and easy in everything respecting salvation, to those who have a spiritual knowledge and understanding of them, Proverbs 8:8; they lead into right and straight paths of truth and holiness, in which wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err; and particularly the Gospel directs to the right way of salvation and eternal life by Jesus Christ; the effect of which is

rejoicing the heart. This cannot be understood of the law, which is a voice of terror, pronounces guilty, curses and condemns, is the killing letter, and works wrath; but of the Gospel part of the word, which is a joyful sound; publishes good tidings of good things; and, when applied by the Spirit of God, is found to have this effect, see Jeremiah 15:16;

the commandment of the Lord [is] pure; not only the Scriptures in general may bear this name, because they deliver out the commands of God to men, as those of a moral and ceremonial kind to the Jews under the former dispensation; so the ordinances of Christ, which are his commands under the Gospel dispensation; yea, the Gospel itself may be so called, though, strictly speaking, it has no command in it; because, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, it is made known to all nations for the obedience of faith, Romans 16:25; besides, the commandment is no other than the word or doctrine, see 1 John 2:7; and as every commandment of the Lord, of what kind soever it is, is pure and holy, so is every word of God, Proverbs 30:5; being without any mixture of men's inventions, or the dross of corrupt doctrine, sincere, unadulterated, clear of all chaff and impurity, consistent, uniform, and all of a piece, and which tends to promote purity of heart, life, and conversation;

enlightening the eyes: that is, of the understanding, so as for a man to see his lost state and condition by nature; to see the glory, fulness, and grace of Christ; to behold wondrous things in the doctrine of the Gospel, and to observe the way of duty in which he should walk: this is the eyesalve in Revelation 3:18; and so the Jewish doctors f explaining this text call the law, using the same word as there.

d פקודי "visitationes", Ainsworth. e "Commissiones", Munster; "deposita", so some in Rivetus; "depositum", Gejerus, Michaelis. f Vajikra Rabba, s. 12. fol. 155. 3. & Debarim Rabba, s. 8. fol. 243. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The statutes of the Lord - The word here rendered statutes properly means mandates, precepts - rules given to anyone to guide him, Psalms 103:18; Psalms 111:7. It refers to the laws of God considered as appointed, or as the result of divine authority. The verb from which this word is derived (Hiphil) means to set over, to give the oversight, to appoint. Hence, the idea of laws, or statutes, as the result of such an appointment, or such an authority.

Are right - Are equal, just, proper. They are such as are founded in wisdom and equity; not such as are the mere result of arbitrary appointment. The idea is that they are not merely appointed, or made binding by authority, but that they are in themselves equitable and just.

Rejoicing the heart - Making the heart glad by the fact that they are equitable and just - and glad as the result of obedience. It is always a source of true happiness when we can feel that we are under just and equal laws; laws in themselves right, and laws administered in righteousness and truth.

The commandment of the Lord - An appellation of the law of God from the idea of setting up, appointing, constituting; hence, of charging, or commanding. The idea here is not so much that the thing is right in itself as that it is appointed or ordered by God; that it is what he requires. The term is one that is often applied to the laws of God, Deuteronomy 6:1; Deuteronomy 7:11; Leviticus 4:13; Genesis 26:5; Exodus 15:26; Exodus 16:28; Psalms 78:7; Psalms 89:31; Psalms 119:6, Psalms 119:10, Psalms 119:19, Psalms 119:21, Psalms 119:32, Psalms 119:35, Psalms 119:47-48, Psalms 119:60, Psalms 119:66, Psalms 119:73, Psalms 119:86, Psalms 119:96, Psalms 119:98, Psalms 119:115, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:131, Psalms 119:143 , Psalms 119:151, Psalms 119:166, Psalms 119:172, Psalms 119:176.

Is pure - Free from all stain; from all imperfection; from any corrupt tendency.

Enlightening the eyes. That is, giving us light and knowledge. The eyes are mentioned, as it is by them that we see where to go. The reference here is undoubtedly to the mind or soul as being enlightened by the truth of God. We are made by these commandments to see what is right and proper; to understand what we should do.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 19:8. The statutes of the Lord — פקודים pikkudim, from פקד pakad, he visited, cared, took notice of, appointed to a charge. The appointments, or charge delivered by God to man for his regard and observance.

Are right — ישרים yesharim, from ישר yashar, to make straight, smooth, right, upright, opposed to crookedness in mind or conduct; showing what the man should be, both within and without. This is THEIR character.

Rejoicing the heart — As they show a man what he is to observe and keep in charge, and how he is to please God, and the Divine help he is to receive from the visitations of God, they contribute greatly to the happiness of the upright - they rejoice the heart. This is THEIR use.

The commandment — מצוה mitsvah, from צוה tsavah, to command, give orders, ordain. What God has ordered man to do, or not to do. What he has commanded, and what he has prohibited.

Is pure — From ברה barah, to clear, cleanse, purify. All God's commandments lead to purity, enjoin purity, and point out that sacrificial offering by which cleansing and purification are acquired. This is ITS character.

Enlightening the eyes. — Showing men what they should do, and what they should avoid. It is by God's commandments that we see the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and the necessity of redemption, so that we may love the Lord with all our heart, and our neighbour as ourselves. For this is the end of the commandment, and thus to enlighten the eyes is ITS use.