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Epiphany Season · Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A

Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 (1b)

Blessed Are Those Whose Way Is Blameless, Who Walk in the Law of the Lord

February 15, 2026

The Synagogue, Alessandro Magnasco
The Synagogue, Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1730Art Institute of Chicago
A Genoese painter of flickering, nervous brushwork paints a synagogue interior from observation, with the Torah being read and the congregation scattered through a dim hall.Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord … Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.Alessandro MagnascoA Genoese painter of monks, gypsies and ruins in a flickering, nervous touch that looks two centuries ahead of itself.Art Institute of ChicagoFounded in 1879 as both a museum and a school, and the home of American Gothic and of a famous Impressionist collection.Art Institute of Chicago
Roman Lectionary
GospelMatt. 5:17-37Mt 5:17-37 orMatt. 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37Mt 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37
Second Reading1 Cor. 2:6-101 Cor 2:6-10
First ReadingSir. 15:15-20Sir 15:15-20
Responsorial PsalmPs. 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 (1b)Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34 (1b)

Overview & Insights

"Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law." (Psalm 119:18)

This is the opening section of the longest psalm in the Bible, an acrostic meditation that praises God's law not as a burden but as the very path to blessing. The psalmist asks God to open his eyes and teach him the statutes he has already resolved to keep with his whole heart.

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Commentary

Psalm 119 CommentaryPs 119 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse reading of the opening beatitudes on walking blamelessly in God's law.

Psalm 119 CommentaryPs 119 Commentary Precept Austin

Deep verse by verse study notes gathering many conservative scholars on the longest psalm's opening stanza.

Psalm 119 - Barnes' NotesPs 119 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight

Barnes' Notes verse by verse on the blessedness of those who keep God's testimonies with the whole heart.

Psalm 119:1 CommentariesPs 119:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentary on the blessing pronounced over those whose way is blameless.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 119Ps 119 Sefaria

Hebrew text alongside English for the acrostic praise of Torah that opens this psalm.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 119Ps 119 Catena

Verse-by-verse comment from the Fathers on Psalm 119.

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