102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
102 I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.
102 I never make detours from the route you laid out; you gave me such good directions.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments, For You Yourself have taught me.
102 I haven't turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:102
Commentary on Psalm 119:97-104
(Read Psalm 119:97-104)
What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness, attend God in holy duties, while under guilt, or in any by-way. It was Divine grace in his heart, that enabled the psalmist to receive these instructions. The soul has its tastes as well as the body. Our relish for the word of God will be greatest, when that for the world and the flesh is least. The way of sin is a wrong way; and the more understanding we get by the precepts of God, the more rooted will be our hatred of sin; and the more ready we are in the Scriptures, the better furnished we are with answers to temptation.