Salmos 119:103

103 Oh! quão doces são as tuas palavras ao meu paladar! mais doces do que o mel � minha boca.

Salmos 119:103 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:103

How sweet are thy words unto my taste!
&c.] Who had a spiritual one; and could discern perverse things, and could taste how good and gracious the Lord is: and so his words were sweet unto him; the doctrines of grace, the truths of the Gospel, were delightful and pleasant to him; like unadulterated milk, desirable by him: like good wine, that goes down sweetly; like good food, that is exceeding palatable; or like honey, and even sweeter than that, as follows. And that words "may be tasted [and] eaten", is not only agreeable to Scripture language, ( Jeremiah 15:16 ) ; but to classical writers ^F7;

[yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth;
not only had they the nourishing nature and the refreshing virtue of honey, but the sweetness of it; yea, exceeded it in sweetness; see ( Psalms 19:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 "Mea dicta devorato", Plauti Asinaria, Act. 3. Sc. 3. v. 59. "Edi sermonem tuum", ib. Aulularia, Act. 3. Sc. 6. v. 1. "Gustare ego ejus sermonem volo", ib. Mostellaria, Act. 5. Sc. 1. v. 15.

Salmos 119:103 In-Context

101 Retenho os meus pés de todo caminho mau, a fim de observar a tua palavra.

102 Não me aperto das tuas ordenanças, porque és tu quem me instrui.

103 Oh! quão doces são as tuas palavras ao meu paladar! mais doces do que o mel � minha boca.

104 Pelos teus preceitos alcanço entendimento, pelo que aborreço toda vereda de falsidade.

105 Lâmpada para os meus pés é a tua palavra, e luz para o meu caminho.