Psalms 119:16

16 I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.

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 delight in following your commands more than in having great wealth.
15 I study your instructions; I examine your teachings.
16 I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.
17 Be good to me, your servant, so that I may live and obey your teachings.
18 Open my eyes, so that I may see the wonderful truths in your law.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.