98 — You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.

John Calvin:

He here declares, that he was more learned than his adversaries, his instructors, and the aged, because he was a scholar of God’s law. (Calvin, J., & Anderson, J. (2010). Commentary on the Book of Psalms (Vol. 4, p. 474). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Charles H. Spurgeon:

We learn not only from promise, and doctrine, and sacred history, but also from precept and command; In fact, from the commandments we gather the most practical wisdom, and that which enables us best to cope with our adversaries. A holy life is the highest wisdom and the surest defence. Our enemies are renowned for subtlety, from the first father of them, the old serpent, down to the last cockatrice that has been hatched from the egg; and it would be vain for us to try to be a match with them in the craft and mystery of cunning, for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. We must go to another school and learn of a different instructor, and then by uprightness we shall baffle fraud, by simple truth we shall vanquish deep-laid scheming, and by open candour we shall defeat slander. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 330). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Thomas Manton:

They are ever with me.” God gives knowledge to whom he pleaseth; but those that meditate most, thrive most.

Prayer:

You, O’ God, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; for they are ever with me. Through Your word You teach wisdom and understanding. You give me insight and discernment. You grant me by grace and mercy to share with others. Please let Your word be with me day and night, in all things and at all times. Continue to open my mind to learn such wonderful wisdom, and I will be wiser than the fools who love destruction and deception. Exalt Your name, O’ God, in wisdom and truth. Amen.