American Standard Version
Psalms 119:174
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;And thy 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 of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness. 173Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts. I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight. 175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me. 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:174 word by word
תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:174
- Psalms 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation; ButI hope in thy word.
- Genesis 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and allmydesire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- Romans 8:23And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
- Philippians 1:23But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
- Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL.
- Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate 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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- 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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