Psalm 19:8

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Summary

Psalm 19:8

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Rejoicing

Is pure

Enlightening

General references

Deuteronomy 4:8

Proverbs 8:9

Bible References

Rejoicing

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."

In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.

then to the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the LORD.

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.

And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned; in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of hosts.

For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

Is pure

The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Enlightening

Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.

For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God.

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them."

General references

And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

They are all straight to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.