Psalms 119:16

16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not 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 rejoice in the way [revealed by] Your decrees as much as in all riches.

15 I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways.

16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

17 Deal generously with Your servant so that I might live; then I will keep Your word.

18 Open my eyes so that I may see wonderful things in Your law.