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Psalms 119:14
14Your rules give me a happy life. When I obey them, it is better than being rich!
Psalms 119:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
- New International Version (NIV)I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
Context of Psalms 119:14
12Lord, everyone should praise you! Please teach me your laws. 13You have taught us your rules. I want to speak them aloud for others to hear. Your rules give me a happy life. When I obey them, it is better than being rich! 15I want to think carefully about your teaching. You have shown me the best way to live. 16Your laws make me very happy. I will not forget what you have taught me.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:14 word by word
בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ עֵדְוֹתֶ֥יךָ שַׂ֗שְׂתִּי כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־הֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:14
- Psalms 119:47I love your commands and they make me very happy.
- Psalms 19:9It is right for us to respect the Lord. That will always help us. The laws of the Lord are true. They are right and fair.
- Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! When someone respects the Lord with fear, God has blessed that person! He is happy to obey the Lord's commands.
- Job 23:12I have been careful to obey his commands. His words are more important to me than my food.
- Jeremiah 15:16As your words came to me, I took them into me like sweet food. I belong to you, Lord, God Almighty, so your words made me very happy.
- Matthew 13:44‘I can tell you again what the kingdom of heaven is like,’ Jesus said. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like some valuable things that a man buried in a field. Another man found it, but then he covered it over again with dirt. The second man was very happy and he went away. He sold everything that he had. Then he went and bought the field with the valuable things in it.’
- Acts 2:41Many of the people who listened to Peter believed his message. So the apostles baptized those people. About three thousand people who now believed in Jesus joined the group that same day.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I have rejoiced - 11. He must consider it his chief happiness to be found in the path of obedience, giving his whole heart and strength to God; and when enabled to do it, he should rejoice more in it than if he had gained thousands of gold and silver. O how great is the treasure of a tender and approving conscience!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I have rejoiced - I do rejoice; I exult in this; I find my happiness there. The word expresses a high degree of joy. As much as in all riches - Hebrew, “as upon all wealth.” As people rejoice who have great wealth. I find my happiness in religion, as if in the possession of real wealth. Proverbs 10:22.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom and strength, and to depend upon God, proves the purpose of holiness is sincere. God's word is treasure worth laying up, and there is no laying it up safe but in our hearts, that we may oppose God's precepts to the dominion of sin, his promises to its…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14God's wisdom is more valuable than any wealth people desire (Psalm 119:72, 127; Proverbs 3:14–15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. We must carefully treasure up the word of God, declare it to others, meditate on it, and heartily delight in it; and then by His grace we shall act according to it. GIMEL. (Psa 119:17-24).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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