Psalms 119:16

16 Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word.

Psalms 119:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:16

I will delight myself in thy statutes
In looking over them; in meditating on them; in obeying them, and walking according to them; as every good man does delight in the law of the Lord, after the inward man, ( Romans 7:22 ) ; see ( Psalms 119:24 Psalms 119:92 Psalms 119:97 ) ;

I will not forget thy word:
he took all proper methods to fix it in his memory; he laid it up in his mind; he meditated upon it in his heart, and he talked of it with his lips, ( Psalms 119:11 Psalms 119:13 Psalms 119:15 ) .

Psalms 119:16 In-Context

14 I find joy in the way [shown by] your written instructions more than I find joy in all kinds of riches.

15 I want to reflect on your guiding principles and study your ways.

16 Your laws make me happy. I never forget your word.

17 Be kind to me so that I may live and hold on to your word.

18 Uncover my eyes so that I may see the miraculous things in your teachings.