Proverbia 119:98

Nova Vulgata

Super inimicos meos sapientem me fecit praeceptum tuum, quia in aeternum mihi est.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
span data-lang="lat" data-trans="jvl" data-ref="psa.119.1" class="versetxt"> Canticum graduum. [Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi,
et exaudivit me.
Domine, libera animam meam a labiis iniquis
et a lingua dolosa.
Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi
ad linguam dolosam?
Sagitt� potentis acut�,
cum carbonibus desolatoriis.
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est!
habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar;
multum incola fuit anima mea.
Cum his qui oderunt pacem eram pacificus;
cum loquebar illis, impugnabant me gratis.]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

through: Psalms 119:104, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 4:8, 1 Samuel 18:5, 1 Samuel 18:14, 1 Samuel 18:30, Proverbs 2:6, Colossians 3:16

they are ever: Heb. it is ever, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:30, Psalms 119:105, James 1:25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 6:6 - shall be 1 Kings 2:3 - prosper Ezra 7:25 - the wisdom Psalms 19:8 - enlightening Psalms 37:31 - law Psalms 119:153 - for I Proverbs 1:5 - wise Proverbs 6:23 - the commandment Proverbs 8:9 - General Proverbs 14:6 - knowledge Jeremiah 8:9 - lo Daniel 1:17 - God Romans 2:18 - being instructed 2 Timothy 3:17 - the man

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies,.... David had his enemies, as every good man has: and these are often cunning and crafty ones, at least in wickedness; many of them are wise and prudent as to natural things, wiser in worldly things and political matters than the children of light, and often lay deep schemes and take crafty counsel against the saints; and yet they, by attending to the word and commands of God, and being under his direction and counsel, counterwork the designs of their enemies, and overturn their schemes and measures, which are brought to confusion; honesty being in the issue the best policy. However, the people of God are wiser than they in the best things; in the affair of salvation; in things relating to a future state, and their happiness there; which wisdom they attain unto through the Word of God, which is written for their learning; through the Scriptures, which are able to make men wise to salvation: these are the means, and no more; for it is God that is the efficient cause, or makes the means effectual, to make them wise, and wiser than others; it is owing to his divine teachings, to his Spirit and grace. The words may be rendered, "it hath made me wiser in thy commandments than mine enemies" d; that is, the law; and so is another reason why it was so greatly loved by him: or, "thy commandments", that is, everyone of thy commandments, "have made me wiser", c. e. Joseph Kimchi give, this as the sense,

"by mine enemies thou hast made me wise f thou hast learned me thy commandments, so that I see they cannot remove thy law from my mouth;''

for they [are] ever with me; that is, the commandments of God, or his law, and the precepts of it; they were his privy counsellors, with whom on all occasions he consulted, and so became wiser than his enemies, and outwitted them: these were always near him, in his heart and in his mouth; he was ever thinking and speaking of them, and so did not forget the instructions they gave him; they were ever before his eyes, as the rule of his conduct.

d So Junius & Tremellius. e So Cocceius, Muis, Gejerus and the Targum. f "Fas est et ab hoste doceri", Ovid.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou, through thy commandments - By the teaching and power of thy law.

Hast made me wiser than mine enemies - I have a better understanding of thee, of thy law, of the duties of this life, and in regard to the life to come, than my enemies have - not because I am naturally better, or because I have higher endowments by nature, but because thou hast made me wiser than they are. The rendering of this first clause of the verse now most approved by interpreters is, “Thy commandments make me more wise than my enemies are,” though this requires a singular verb to be construed with a plural noun (Professor Alexander). So DeWette renders it.

For they are ever with me - Margin, as in Hebrew, “it is ever with me.” The reference is to the law or commandments of God. The meaning is, that that law was never out of his mind; that he was constantly thinking about it; and that it unfolded such wisdom to him as to make him superior to all his foes; to give him a better understanding of life, its design, its duties, and its obligations, than his enemies had. The best instructor in true wisdom is the revealed word of God - the Bible.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:98. Wiser than mine enemies — Some have thought that this Psalm was composed by Daniel, and that he speaks of himself in these verses. Being instructed by God, he was found to have more knowledge than any of the Chaldeans, magicians, soothsayers, c., &c. and his wisdom soon appeared to the whole nation vastly superior to theirs.