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Psalms 119:54
54Wherever I live, I sing songs about your rules.
Psalms 119:54 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
- New International Version (NIV)Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my sojourning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
Context of Psalms 119:54
52Lord, I remember the rules that you made long ago. When I do that, I feel happy. 53When wicked people turn against your Law, I become very angry. Wherever I live, I sing songs about your rules. 55In the night, Lord, I think about who you are. I will continue to obey your Law. 56This is what I do every day: I obey your teaching.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:54 word by word
זְ֭מִרוֹת הָֽיוּ־לִ֥י חֻקֶּ֗יךָ בְּבֵ֣ית מְגוּרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:54
- Psalms 89:1I will always sing about the Lord's faithful love. I will tell my children and my grandchildren that you are always faithful.
- Psalms 10:1Must you stand so far away, Lord? Why do you hide when there is trouble?
- Genesis 47:9Jacob replied, ‘I have been alive for 130 years. My years have been few, and they have been difficult. I have not lived for as long as my ancestors lived.’
- Hebrews 11:13All these people continued to believe God until they died. But they did not receive all the things that God had promised to give them. They were like people who saw those things far away. That made them happy. These people understood that they lived as strangers and travellers on the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:54
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54Thy statutes have been my songs - During our captivity all our consolation was derived from singing thy praises, and chanting among our fellow-captives portions of thy law, and the precepts it contains.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54Thy statutes - Thy law; thy commandments. Have been my songs - Have been to me a source of joy; have been my happiness, my consolation, my delight. I have found pleasure in meditating on them; I have had peace and joy in them in the day of loneliness and trouble. The psalmist rejoiced, doubtless, as the good now do, (a) in law itself; law, as a rule of order; law, as a guide of conduct; law, as a security for safety; (b) in such a law as that of God - so…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 49-56Verses 49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions. Let us be certain we have the Divine law for what we believe, and then let not scoffers prevail upon us to decline from it. God's judgments of old…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49-56Zayin (ז) is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist asks God to remember his word as the psalmist also remembers God’s word and his name. Remembrance expresses devotion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 52-5652-56. The pious take comfort, when harassed and distressed by wickedness of men who forsake God's law, in remembering that the great principles of God's truth will still abide; and also God's judgments of old--that is, His past interpositions in behalf of His people are a pledge that He will again interpose to deliver them; and they become the theme of constant and delightful meditation. The more we keep the more we love the law of God.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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