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Psalms 19:8
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The commandments of the Lord are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving insight for living.
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The orders of the Lord are right; they make people happy. The commands of the Lord are pure; they light up the way.
The Lord 's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord 's commands are pure and give insight for life.
The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The riytfulnessis of the Lord ben riytful, gladdynge hertis; the comaundement of the Lord is cleere, liytnynge iyen.
The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The Lord 's instruction is right; it makes our hearts glad. His commands shine brightly, and they give us light.
The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.
The Torah of Adonai is perfect, restoring the inner person. The instruction of Adonai is sure, making wise the thoughtless.
The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The Lord 's laws are right. They make people happy. The Lord 's commands are good. They show people the right way to live.
The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
The Statutes of the Lord are right, reioycing the heart: the Commandement of the Lord is pure, inlightning the eyes.
The Laws of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The Word of the Lord is pure, giving light to the eyes.
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;
The statutes of the Lorde are right and reioyce the heart: the commandement of the Lord is pure, and giueth light vnto the eyes.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The laws of the Lord are right, and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind.
The precepts of Yahweh, are right, Rejoicing the heart, The, commandment of Yahweh, is pure, Enlightening the eyes;
(18-9) The justices of the Lord are right, rejoicing hearts: the commandment of the Lord is lightsome, enlightening the eyes.
the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.
The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of the Lord are right,making the heart glad;the command of the Lord is radiant,making the eyes light up.
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The mitzvah of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of Yahweh are right, making the heart rejoice. The command of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart. The commands of Jehovah are pure, giving light to the eyes.
The precepts of Jehovah [are] upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah [is] pure, enlightening the eyes,
The statutes of the LORDE are right, & reioyse the herte: ye comaundemet of ye LORDE is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The precepts of Yahweh are right, rejoicing the heart;The commandment of Yahweh is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Contextual Overview
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
Cross-References
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
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.
