2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart.
Psa 119:2
The doubling of the sentence, Blessed . . . Blessed, in the first verse and second, is to let us see the certainty of the blessing belonging to the godly. The word of God is as true in itself when it is once spoken, as when it is many times repeated: the repetition of it is for confirmation of our weak faith. That which Isaac spake of Jacob,—"I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed," is the most sure decree of God upon all his children. Satan would fain curse Israel, by the mouth of such as Balaam was; but he shall not be able to curse, because God hath blessed.—William Cowper.
Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart—In the former verse a blessed man is described by the course of his actions, "Blessed are they whose ways are blameless": in this verse he is described by the frame of his heart.—Thomas Manton.
Keep his statutes—The careful keeping in mind of God's statutes is blessedness; for though there is a keeping of them in conversation mentioned in the former verse, here another thing is intimated diverse from the former; he that keepeth this plant or holy seed so that the devil cannot take it out of his heart, he is happy. The word here used signifieth such a careful custody as that is wherewith we use to keep tender plants.—Paul Bayne.
Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of International Bible Society.
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