Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 119:47
47I delight in your commands, which I love.
Psalms 119:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- New International Version (NIV)for I delight in your commands because I love them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love.
Context of Psalms 119:47
45I will walk freely in an open place because I study your precepts. 46I will speak of your decrees before kings and not be ashamed. I delight in your commands, which I love. 48I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and will meditate on your statutes. 49Remember your word to your servant; you have given me hope through it.
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וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע בְּמִצְוֹתֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:47
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
- Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Happy is the person who fears the Lord, taking great delight in his commands.
- John 4:34“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.
- Philippians 2:5Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,
- 1 Peter 2:21For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
- Psalms 119:48I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and will meditate on your statutes.
- Psalms 19:7The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise.
- Job 23:11My feet have followed in his tracks; I have kept to his way and not turned aside.
- Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 47Thy commandments, which I have loved - O shame to Christians who feel so little affection to the Gospel of Christ, when we see such cordial, conscientious, and inviolate attachment in a Jew to the laws and ordinances of Moses, that did not afford a thousandth part of the privileges!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 47And I will delight myself - See the notes at Psalm 119:16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 47-48The psalmist finds joy in God's word despite experiencing pain (Psalm 119:92, 143).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4845-48. To freedom from reproach, when imbued with God's truth, there is added "great boldness in the faith" [1Ti 3:13], accompanied with increasing delight in the holy law itself, which becomes an element of happiness.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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