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Psalms 119:129
129Your laws are wonderful, Lord! So 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
127That is why I love your commands. They are more valuable to me than very pure gold. 128So I carefully obey your teaching. I hate everything that is false. Your laws are wonderful, Lord! So I obey them. 130Your message brings light to people, when they understand it. It helps ordinary people to become wise. 131I want very much to know your commands, like a thirsty dog needs water to drink.
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 wide! Then I will see great things in your Law.
- Psalms 139:6You know so much about me, it is wonderful. I cannot understand it. My thoughts cannot reach as high as that!
- Isaiah 9:6Yes, your people are happy! A child has been born for us. We now have a son with the authority to rule. His names will be: Wonderful Advisor, Mighty God, Father for Ever, Ruler who brings Peace.
- Isaiah 25:1Lord, you are my God! I will praise you because your name is great. You have done wonderful things. You decided a long time ago what you would do. And you have done exactly what you promised to do.
- Revelation 19:10Then I bent down low at the angel's feet to worship him. But he said to me, ‘You must not do that! I am only a servant of God, the same as you are. I am a servant, like all believers who show clearly that they trust in Jesus. God is the one that you should worship! When God gave a message to his prophets, it was Jesus that they spoke about.’
- Psalms 119:2They agree to live by his rules. They love to pray to him. God has blessed people like that.
- Psalms 25:10The Lord is kind to his people in everything that he does. He shows his faithful love to those who obey the rules of his covenant.
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
In the dictionaries
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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