Psalms 119 · Verse 98

Psalms 119:98

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psalms 119:98, King James Version

Psalms 119:98 in other translations

BSBYour commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
WEBYour commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
ASVThy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
YLTThan mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age.
DARBYThy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
BBEYour teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.
WebsterThou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.

What does Psalms 119:98 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:98-100
98-100. of knowledge, both of the matter of all useful, moral truth, and an experience of its application. wiser than mine enemies--with all their carnal cunning (De 4:6, 8). they are ever with me--The Hebrew is, rather singular, "it is ever with me"; the commandments forming ONE complete whole, Thy law.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 98 Wiser than mine enemies - Some have thought that this Psalm was composed by Daniel, and that he speaks of himself in these verses. Being instructed by God, he was found to have more knowledge than any of the Chaldeans, magicians, soothsayers, etc., etc.; and his wisdom soon appeared to the whole nation vastly superior to theirs.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…

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Psalms 119:98 in the original Hebrew

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מֵ֭אֹ֣יְבַיme.'O.ye.vaimore than enemies myH341
תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִיte.cha.ke.Me.niit makes wise meH2449
מִצְוֹתֶ֑ךָmitz.vo.Te.khacommandments yourH4687
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
הִיא\־hi'-itH1931
לִֽי\׃Li[belongs] to me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:98

  • Proverbs 2:6

    For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  • Psalms 119:104-105

    Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

  • Colossians 3:16

    Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  • James 1:25

    But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  • Psalms 119:11

    Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  • Deuteronomy 4:6

    Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

  • Psalms 119:30

    I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

  • Deuteronomy 4:8

    And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • 1 Samuel 18:5

    And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

  • 1 Samuel 18:30

    Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

  • 1 Samuel 18:14

    And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

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through.
104; De 4:6,8; 1Sa 18:5,14,30; Pr 2:6; Col 3:16
they are ever. Heb. it is ever.
11,30,105; Jas 1:25

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Context

  • Psalms 119:97

    מ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

  • Psalms 119:98

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

  • Psalms 119:99

    I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

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Psalms 119:98 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Me has hecho más sabio que mis enemigos con tus mandamientos; porque me son eternos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes commandements m’ont rendu plus sage que mes ennemis, car ils sont toujours avec moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Weiser als meine Feinde machen mich deine Gebote, denn immer sind sie bei mir.