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Psalms 119:48
48I respect your commands, and I love them. I am always thinking about your laws.
Psalms 119:48 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Context of Psalms 119:48
46I will speak to kings about your rules. I will not be ashamed to do that. 47I love your commands and they make me very happy. I respect your commands, and I love them. I am always thinking about your laws. 49Remember the word that you have spoken to me, your servant. You have made me put my hope in it. 50When I have trouble, your promise gives me peace in my mind. It makes my life strong again.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:48 word by word
וְאֶשָּֽׂא־כַפַּ֗י אֶֽל־מִ֭צְוֹתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהָ֗בְתִּי וְאָשִׂ֥יחָה בְחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:48
- Psalms 10:12Rise up, Lord! Do something, God, and knock down the wicked person! Do not forget to help weak people.
- Ezekiel 44:12But I promise that I will punish them as they deserve for their sin. That is because they helped the people to worship their idols. In that way, they caused Israel's people to do bad things. I, the Almighty Lord, promise that I will punish them.
- Micah 5:9You will be strong like that and so you will beat your enemies. You will kill all of them.
- Matthew 7:21Some people say to me, “Master, Master!” But not all of them will come into the kingdom of heaven. Only the people who obey God, my Father in heaven, will come in. They do what he wants them to do.
- John 13:17Now you understand these things. So you should do them, and God will bless you.’
- John 15:14And you are my friends, if you obey my message.
- James 1:22But be careful to do what God says in his message. Do not only listen to it. Do not make that mistake!
- Psalms 119:15I want to think carefully about your teaching. You have shown me the best way to live.
- Psalms 1:2He is happy when he obeys the Law of the Lord. He thinks about God's Law during the day and at night.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 48My hands also will I lift up - I will present every victim and sacrifice which the law requires. I will make prayer and supplication before thee, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments - As an expression of delight or rejoicing, as people lift up their hands with their voice when they give expression to joy. It denotes a high statue of joy, such as leads to an outward expression; not merely that which exists in calm contemplation, but where the heart is full, and when it finds outward expression. And I will meditate in thy statutes - See the notes at Psalm 1:2. I will indicate my joy…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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