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Psalms 119:24
24Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
Psalms 119:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- New International Version (NIV)Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
Context of Psalms 119:24
22Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies. 23Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes. Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors. 25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word. 26I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.
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גַּֽם־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:24
- Psalms 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
- Job 27:10Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon God?
- Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
- Psalms 119:97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
- Psalms 19:11Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward.
- Deuteronomy 17:18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;
- Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
- Isaiah 8:20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
- 2 Timothy 3:15and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Thy testimonies also are - my counsellors - עצתי אנשי anshey atsathi, "the men of my counsel." I sit with them; and I consider every testimony thou hast given as a particular counsellor; one whose advice I especially need. The Analysis will farther explain the particular uses of this part.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Thy testimonies also are my delight - See the notes at Psalm 119:16. He found his main happiness in the word of God. And my counselors - Margin, as in Hebrew, “men of my counsel.” He sought direction and advice from them as from a friend who would give him counsel. He looked to the revealed law of God to ascertain what was right; to know how he should act in the emergencies of life.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24Those who meditate on God’s instructions receive wise advice from them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2421-24. God will rebuke those who despise His word and deliver His servants from their reproach, giving them boldness in and by His truth, even before the greatest men. DALETH. (Psa 119:25-32).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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