but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Will. He is wholly occupied and delighted in keeping God’s commandments. Worthington.—This distinguishes the saint from him who only refrains from sin through fear. Calmet.—Qui timet invitus observat. Saint Ambrose—Yet even servile fear is of some service, as it restrains exterior conduct, and may, in time, give place to filial reverence. Bible.—Meditate, and put in practice. Menochius.—Night. The Jews studied the books of the law so earnestly from their childhood, that they could recite them as easily as they could tell their own names; (Josep. c. Ap. 2. Deuteronomy 6:6) and is it not a shame that many Christians should be so negligent, that they have never so much as read the gospels! ( Calmet.) though they be eager enough after idle books. The sacred writings are the records of our inheritance. They shew us our true destination, and deserve to be most seriously considered from the beginning to the end. Bible.
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).