Psalms 119:103

103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalms 119:103 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
English Standard Version (ESV)
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
New Living Translation (NLT)
103 How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.
The Message Bible (MSG)
103 Your words are so choice, so tasty; I prefer them to the best home cooking.
American Standard Version (ASV)
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
103 How sweet the taste of your promise is! It tastes sweeter than honey.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
103 How sweet Your word is to my taste- [sweeter] than honey to my mouth.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
103 Your words are very sweet to my taste! They are sweeter than honey to me.

Psalms 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 ) .


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.

Psalms 119:103 In-Context

101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
105 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Psalms 19:10; Proverbs 8:11
  • 2. Proverbs 24:13-14
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