Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 119:103

"How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!" — Psalms 119:103 (ASV)

How sweet are your words to 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” also include 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 (Psalms 19:10).