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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:103 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:103 |
King James |
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| How sweet are thy words unto my taste ... - Margin, as in Hebrew, "palate." The reference is to the taste, perhaps because the sense of taste was supposed to reside in the palate. The Hebrew word "may" include also the whole of the inside of the mouth. The word rendered "sweet" does not occur elsewhere. It properly means "to be smooth," and hence, is applied to kind or agreeable words. On the sentiment here, see the notes at Psa 19:10. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Sweeter than honey to my mouth! - What deep communion must this man have had with his Maker! These expressions show a soul filled with God. O Christians, how vastly superior are our privileges! and alas! how vastly inferior in general, are our consolations, our communion with God, and our heavenly-mindedness! |
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.