Psalm 19:10

Verse 10. Sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. Love the word written. Psalms 119:97 . "Oh, how love I thy law!" "Lord," said Augustine, "let the holy Scriptures be my chaste delight." Chrysostom compares the Scripture to a garden, every truth is a fragrant flower, which we should wear, not on our bosom, but in our heart. David counted the word "sweeter than honey and the honeycomb." There is that in Scripture which may breed delight. It shows us the way to riches: Deuteronomy 28:5 Proverbs 3:10 ; to long life: Psalms 34:12 ; to a kingdom: Heb 12:28. Well, then, may we count those the sweetest hours which are spent in reading the holy Scriptures; well may we say with the prophet ( Jeremiah 15:16 ), "Thy words were found and I did eat them; and they were the joy and rejoicing of my heart." Thomas Watson.

Verse 10. Sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. There is no difference made amongst us between the delicacy of honey in the comb and that which is separated from it. From the information of Dr. Halle, concerning the diet of the Moors of Barbary, we learn that they esteem honey a very wholesome breakfast, "and the most delicious that which is in the comb with the young bees in it, before they come out of their cases, whilst they still look milk white." (Miscellanea Curiosa vol. 3. pg 382.) The distinction made by the psalmist is then perfectly just and conformable to custom and practice, at least of more modern, and probably, equally so of ancient times. Samuel Burder, A.M., in "Oriental Customs," 1812.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 10. Two arguments for loving God's statutes -- Profit and Pleasure.

Verse 10. The inexpressible delights of meditation on Scripture.