Psalms 119:129

Psalms 119:129 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
• New International Version (NIV)Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them.

Context of Psalms 119:129

127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, Yes, more than refined gold. 128Therefore I esteem as right all Your precepts concerning everything; I hate every false way. Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them. 130The unfolding of Your [glorious] words give light; Their unfolding gives understanding to the simple (childlike). 131I opened my mouth and panted [with anticipation], Because I longed for Your commandments.

Psalms 119:129 word by word

פְּלָא֥וֹת עֵדְוֹתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן נְצָרָ֥תַם נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy testimoniesעֵדוּת‛êdûth · testimonyH5715
• wonderfulפֶּ֫לֶאpele' · wonderH6382
• therefore doth my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• keepנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341

Cross-references for Psalms 119:129

• Psalms 119:18Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law.
• Psalms 139:6Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.
• Isaiah 9:6For to us a Child shall be born, to us a Son shall be given; And the government shall be upon His shoulder, And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 25:1O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise and give thanks to Your name; For You have done miraculous things, Plans formed long, long ago, [fulfilled] with perfect faithfulness.
• Revelation 19:10Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he [stopped me and] said to me, “You must not do that; I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who have and hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God [alone]. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy [His life and teaching are the heart of prophecy].”
• Psalms 119:2Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies, And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart.
• Psalms 25:10All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Commentaries on Psalms 119:129

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 129Thy testimonies are wonderful - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Pe (פ p ), corresponding to our “p.” The meaning of the expression here is, that the laws of God - the revelations of his will - are adapted to fill the mind with wonder. The mind is awed by their wisdom; their comprehensiveness; their extent; their spirituality; their benevolence: by the fact that laws are framed, so perfectly adapted to the end; so…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 129129. wonderful--literally, "wonders," that is, of moral excellence.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

Commentaries on Psalms 119

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings