Psalms 119:98
96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
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Compare
- BSB
- Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
- KJV
- Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
- WEB
- Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
- ASV
- Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
- DARBY
- Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
- BLB
- [By] Your commandment You make me wiser than my enemies; for, it [is] with me forever.
- ÅB
- Dine bud gjør meg visere enn mine fiender; for til evig tid eier jeg dem.
- OTB
- Dine bud gjør meg klokere enn mine fiender,
For de er alltid mine. - B1930
- Dine bud gjør mig visere enn mine fiender; for til evig tid eier jeg dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Read in contextPsalms 119:104–105
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Read in contextColossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Read in contextJames 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
Read in contextPsalms 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:6
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
Read in contextPsalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:8
And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
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