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Psalms 119:24
24Yes, your laws make me really happy. They show me the right way to live.
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
22I obey your rules. So do not let people insult me, so that I become ashamed. 23Rulers may think of ways to hurt me. But I will think carefully about your rules. Yes, your laws make me really happy. They show me the right way to live. 25I have fallen to the ground. I am almost dead. Give me life again, as you have promised to do. 26I told you what my life is like, and you answered me. Please teach me your laws.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:24 word by word
גַּֽם־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:24
- Psalms 119:16Your laws make me very happy. I will not forget what you have taught me.
- Job 27:10People like that are not happy that Almighty God is their friend. They do not like to pray to him all the time.
- Jeremiah 6:10I replied, ‘If I speak to people and I warn them, nobody will listen to me. They have shut their ears so that they cannot hear. They hate the Lord's message. They do not want to hear it.
- Psalms 119:97I love your Law very much. I think about it all the time.
- Psalms 19:11Your laws warn us to do what is right. If we obey them, they are a great help to us.
- Deuteronomy 17:18When anyone starts to rule as king, he must copy this Law of God on a scroll. The scroll will be a copy of the one that belongs to the Levite priests.
- Joshua 1:8You must keep on speaking about the words of God's law. Think about what it says, all the time. Be careful to obey it. Then you will do well, and you will win.
- Proverbs 6:20My child, obey your father's commands. Do not forget what your mother has taught you.
- Isaiah 8:20When they say that to you, remember my teaching. Tell them what I have said will happen. People who talk like that are completely in the dark. There is no truth in what they say.
- Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves.
- 2 Timothy 3:15Even when you were a child, you already knew the message of the Bible. The Bible has taught you how you can be truly wise. You understand that God saves you because you believe 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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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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