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Psalms 119:2
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks in the first stanza (aleph) of an acrostic psalm, blessing those who pair observance of God's testimonies with wholehearted pursuit of Him.
The words — נֹצְרֵי (no.tze.Rei) carries the sense of guarding or watching over, not merely complying; it implies active vigilance toward the testimonies.
The thread — The "seek with all your heart" formula recurs in Deuteronomy 4:29 and Jeremiah 29:13, and the psalmist echoes it himself at Psalms 119:10.
Why it lands — The verse demands two things simultaneously: keeping the testimonies and seeking God with the whole heart; neither alone is sufficient.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Psalms 119:10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
- Psalms 25:10 All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
- Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- Deuteronomy 6:17 You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
- Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
- 1 Kings 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.