Psalm 119:98

Translations

Modern

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Traditional

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

Literal

By Your commandment You make me wiser than my enemies; for, it is with me forever.

Latin

Super inimicos meos prudentem me fecisti mandato tuo, quia in æternum mihi est.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

Notes

Psalms 119:97–102

make me wiser: God’s word provides wisdom and perspective. God is the true source of wisdom.

Psalms 119:97–104

Mem (מ) is the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

The instruction and wisdom of God through his word are far better than the best that human teachers can offer.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Theme notes and profiles

Wisdom Wisdom Psalms

Related verses

Proverbs 2:6
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Psalm 119:104–105
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
James 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
Psalm 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
Deuteronomy 4:6
Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
Deuteronomy 4:8
And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
Psalm 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
1 Samuel 18:30
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
1 Samuel 18:5
So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
1 Samuel 18:14
…and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

Glossary

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