the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 119:2
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Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
Blessed are those that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
Happy are those who keep his rules, who try to obey him with their whole heart.
How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart,
Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies, And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
Blessid ben thei, that seken hise witnessingis; seken him in al the herte.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, and seek Him with all their heart.
You bless all of those who follow your commands from deep in their hearts
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.
How happy are those who observe his instruction, who seek him wholeheartedly!
Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
Great blessings belong to those who follow his rules! They seek him with all their heart.
Happy are they that keep His testimonies, that seek Him with the whole heart.
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies: and that seeke him with the whole heart.
Happy are those who keep His Law and look for Him with all their heart.
Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
Blessed are they who keep his testimonies, and seek him with the whole heart.
Happy are those who follow his commands, who obey him with all their heart.
How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.
(118-2) Blessed are they that search his testimonies: that seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies: they seke hym with their whole heart.
Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.
Happy are those who keep his decreesand seek him with all their heart.
Blessed are those who keep his statutes, Who seek him with their whole heart.
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies; they seek him with a whole heart.
Blessed are those keeping His Testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart.
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies, & seke him with their whole herte.
Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart.
How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,They seek Him with all their heart.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
keep: Psalms 119:22, Psalms 119:146, Psalms 25:10, Psalms 105:45, Deuteronomy 6:17, 1 Kings 2:3, Proverbs 23:26, Ezekiel 36:27, John 14:23, 1 John 3:20
seek: Psalms 119:10, Deuteronomy 4:29, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Jeremiah 29:13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:45 - These 1 Kings 8:48 - And so return Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 32:1 - Blessed Psalms 119:88 - so shall I Psalms 119:129 - doth Psalms 145:18 - call upon Proverbs 8:32 - for Proverbs 29:18 - but Lamentations 3:25 - unto Matthew 5:3 - Blessed Acts 10:2 - and prayed Hebrews 10:22 - a true James 1:25 - this 1 John 2:5 - whoso
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies,.... The whole word of God, the Scriptures of truth, are his testimonies: they testify of the mind of God, and of his love and grace in the method of salvation by Christ; they testify of Christ, his person, offices, and grace; of the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow; and of all the happiness that comes to the people of God thereby. The law is called a testimony, which being put into the ark, that had the name of the ark of the testimony. This is a testimony of the perfections of God, his holiness, justice, and goodness displayed in it; and of his good and perfect will, what should or should not be done. The Gospel is the testimony of Christ, of what he is, has done and suffered for his people, and of the blessings of grace by him; the ordinances of it, baptism and the Lord's supper, testify of the love of God, and grace of Christ; and all these good men keep: they keep the Scriptures as a sacred "depositum"; they hold fast the faithful word of the Gospel, that no man take it from them; and are desirous of observing both the law of God, as in the hands of Christ; and the ordinances of the Gospel, as delivered by him, from a principle of love to him; and such are happy persons in life, at death, and to all eternity;
[and that] seek him with the whole heart; that is, that seek the Lord by prayer and supplication, with a true heart, and in sincerity; that seek to know more of him, and that in good earnest; that seek for communion and fellowship with him, with the Spirit within them, with all their heart and soul; that seek Christ, and God in Christ, his kingdom, and his righteousness, and that in the first place, early, earnestly, and diligently. The Targum is,
"they seek his doctrine with the whole heart.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies - His commandments or laws, considered as what he bears witness to concerning that which is just, wise, good. Every law of a parent is to his children a testimony on his part of what is wise and right and good; and so every law of God is his solemn testimony as to what is right and good for man. See Psalms 19:7, note; Psalms 25:10, note.
And that seek him with the whole heart - With a sincere desire to know his will and to do it; without hypocrisy or guile; with no selfish or sinister aims. As God knows the heart, all other modes of “seeking” him must be in vain. It is impossible for man to impose on him by appearances.
