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Psalms 119:68 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes. "

Psalms 119:68

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66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.

67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

68 You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

69 The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.

70 Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

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David here praises God’s goodness and gives him the honor for it: “You are good, and you do good.” Everyone who knows God at all, and has any dealings with him, must admit that he does good. From that, we rightly conclude that he is good. God’s goodness flows out in so many ways, and so fully, strongly, and freely to all his creatures, that we must believe the source within himself is endless.

We cannot begin to measure how much good our God does each day, and even less can we measure how good he is. So we should acknowledge this with wonder, holy love, and thankfulness.

David then asks for God’s grace and asks to live under its guidance and power: “Teach me your statutes.” He is saying, “Lord, you do good to everyone, and you are the generous giver to all your creatures. This is the good I ask you to do for me: teach me what my duty is, incline my heart toward it, and help me do it. You are good and do good, so teach me your statutes, that I may be good and do good, have a good heart, and live a good life.”

This gives hope to poor sinners that God will teach them his way, because he is good and upright (Psalms 25:8).

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Deuteronomy 4:5

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"Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it."

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"You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do."

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Psalms 143:10

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"Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness."

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Deuteronomy 5:31

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"But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”"

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Psalms 119:12

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"Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes."

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From This Chapter

Psalms 119:1

"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law."

Psalms 119:2

"Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart."

Psalms 119:3

"Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways."

Psalms 119:4

"You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them."

Psalms 119:5

"Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!"

Psalms 119:6

"Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments."

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