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Psalms 119:174
174I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
Psalms 119:174 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
- New International Version (NIV)I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
Context of Psalms 119:174
172Let my tongue sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteous. 173Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your precepts. I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight. 175Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me. 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:174 word by word
תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:174
- Psalms 119:81My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Genesis 49:18I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Truly is not my house so [blessed] with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured. For will He not cause to grow and prosper All my salvation and my every wish? Will He not make it grow and prosper?
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
- Romans 7:22For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
- Romans 8:23And not only this, but we too, who have the first fruits of the Spirit [a joyful indication of the blessings to come], even we groan inwardly, as we wait eagerly for [the sign of] our adoption as sons—the redemption and transformation of our body [at the resurrection].
- Philippians 1:23But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:174
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 119:166. The word rendered “I have longed” denotes an earnest desire or wish. Compare the notes at Psalm 42:1, and the notes at Psalm 119:20. And thy law is my delight - It is so much the object of my delight that I earnestly long or desire to see more and more of its richness and fullness.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 169-176Verses 169-176 The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 169-176Taw (ת) is the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. God's servant asks the Lord for help one last time. He still feels like a lost sheep.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 173-174173-174. (Compare Psa 119:77, 81, 92). I have chosen--in preference to all other objects of delight.Read the comment
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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
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