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Psalms 119:129
129Your decrees are wondrous; therefore I obey them.
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
127Since I love your commands more than gold, even the purest gold, 128I carefully follow all your precepts and hate every false way. Your decrees are wondrous; therefore I obey them. 130The revelation of your words brings light and gives understanding to the inexperienced. 131I open my mouth and pant because I long for your commands.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:129 word by word
פְּלָא֥וֹת עֵדְוֹתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן נְצָרָ֥תַם נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:129
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wondrous things from your instruction.
- Psalms 139:6This wondrous knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
- Isaiah 9:6For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 25:1Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you. I will praise your name, for you have accomplished wonders, plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
- Revelation 19:10Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
- Psalms 119:2Happy are those who keep his decrees and seek him with all their heart.
- Psalms 25:10All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep his covenant and decrees.
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
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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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