Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:102
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
102. From thy judgements have I not turned aside;
For thou thyself hast instructed me.
God Himself has been his teacher, not men: therefore he has been enabled to keep in the path of right. Cp. Psa 86:11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
I have not departed from thy judgments – Thy law; thy commands. This cannot mean that he had never done this, but that as a great rule of life he had not done it. The character and aim of his life had been obedience, not disobedience. A man may honestly say this, though he may be conscious of much imperfection, and may feel that he has not perfectly carried out such an aim and purpose. No one can be a truly pious man, or have evidence of personal religion, who cannot say in sincerity that he has not departed in this sense, from the judgments (the commands) of God; who cannot look back on his life and say that his course – his aim – his character – since he became a professor of religion – has been, one of obedience to God. Compare 1Jo 3:7-9.
For thou hast taught me – Not to himself was this to be traced, but to God; not to any wisdom of his own, but to that which was given him from on high.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
To wit, by thy blessed Spirit, illuminating my mind, and working upon my heart, which other teachers cannot do.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
I have not departed from thy judgments,…. From the precepts of the word, from the ways and worship and ordinances of God; he had not wickedly and on purpose departed from them; whenever he did, it was through inadvertency, the weakness of the flesh, and strength of temptation; nor from the doctrines of the word, which he held fast, knowing of whom he had learned them, as follows:
for thou hast taught me; the nature, excellency, and use of these judgments; he had taught him, by his Spirit, experimentally to understand the doctrines of the word, and practically to observe the precepts of it; and this preserved him from an apostasy from either of them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Here is, 1. David’s constancy in his religion. He had not departed from God’s judgments; he had not chosen any other rule than the word of God, nor had he wilfully deviated from that rule. A constant adherence to the ways of God in trying times will be a good evidence of our integrity. 2. The cause of his constancy: “For thou hast taught me; that is, they were divine instructions that I learned; I was satisfied that the doctrine was of God, and therefore I stuck to it.” Or rather, “It was divine grace in my heart that enabled me to receive those instructions.” All the saints are taught of God, for he it is that gives the understanding; and those, and those only, that are taught of God, will continue to the end in the things that they have learned.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Ver. 102. I have not departed from thy judyments ] i.e. From thy law, which is called judgments, because God will thereby judge the world.
For thou hast taught me
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
departed = swerved.
taught = directed.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
departed: Psa 18:21, Pro 5:7, Jer 32:40
for thou: Eph 4:20-24, 1Th 2:13, 1Jo 2:19, 1Jo 2:27
Reciprocal: 2Sa 22:23 – judgments Psa 71:17 – thou hast Dan 9:5 – departing Mal 2:8 – ye are Joh 7:17 – General
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for {c} thou hast taught me.
(c) So then of ourselves we can do nothing, but when God inwardly instructs us with his spirit, we feel his graces sweeter than honey.