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Develop a Spiritual Taste
Commentators emphasize that there is a difference between simply reading Scripture and spiritually "tasting" it. This taste is described as a deep, internal enjoyment of God's truth in the "innermost parts of our being." This spiritual relish for the Word is cultivated through meditation and prayer, moving beyond intellectual agreement to heartfelt affection.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 119:103
18th Century
Theologian
How sweet are your words to my taste ... - Margin, as in Hebrew, “palate.” The reference is to the taste, perhaps because the sense…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 119:103
19th Century
Preacher
How sweet are thy words unto my taste!
Have you a spiritual taste, dear hearer? It is one thing to hear the Word; it is another thin…
John Calvin
On Psalms 119:103
16th Century
Theologian
O how sweet have been thy words to my palate! He again repeats what he had previously stated in different words: that he was so powerfully…
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John Gill
On Psalms 119:103
17th Century
Pastor
How sweet are your words to my taste !
&c.] Who had a spiritual one; and could discern perverse things, and could ta…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 119:97–104
17th Century
Minister
What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in …