Salmi 119:103

103 Oh! quanto son dolci le tue parole al mio palato! Son più dolci che miele alla mia bocca.

Salmi 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.

Salmi 119:103 In-Context

101 Io ho rattenuti i miei piedi da ogni sentiero malvagio; Acciocchè io osservi la tua parola.

102 Io non mi sono stornato dalle tue leggi; Perciocchè tu mi hai ammaestrato.

103 Oh! quanto son dolci le tue parole al mio palato! Son più dolci che miele alla mia bocca.

104 Io son divenuto avveduto per li tuoi comandamenti; Perciò, odio ogni sentiero di falsità.

105 La tua parola è una lampana al mio piè, Ed un lume al mio sentiero.