“Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.”
Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart. The beatitude continues: keeping God's 'decrees' and seeking God 'with whole heart' characterize the blessed. The 'whole heart' suggests undivided devotion. This verse emphasizes the integration of obedience and passionate seeking.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:2
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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