English Standard Version
Psalms 119:174
174I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
Psalms 119:174 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
- New International Version (NIV)I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, I have longed for your rescue, and your instructions are my delight.
Context of Psalms 119:174
172My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right. 173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight. 175Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me. 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:174 word by word
תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:174
- Psalms 119:81My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.
- Genesis 49:18I wait for your salvation, O Lord.
- 2 Samuel 23:5"For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,
- Romans 8:23And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
- Philippians 1:23I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
- Psalms 1:2but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:174
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 119:166. The word rendered “I have longed” denotes an earnest desire or wish. Compare the notes at Psalm 42:1, and the notes at Psalm 119:20. And thy law is my delight - It is so much the object of my delight that I earnestly long or desire to see more and more of its richness and fullness.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 169-176Verses 169-176 The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 169-176Taw (ת) is the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. God's servant asks the Lord for help one last time. He still feels like a lost sheep.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 173-174173-174. (Compare Psa 119:77, 81, 92). I have chosen--in preference to all other objects of delight.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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