New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 119:174
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
Context of Psalms 119:174
172Let my tongue sing about Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness. 173Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your precepts. I long for Your salvation, Lord, And Your Law is my delight. 175Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me. 176I have wandered about like a lost sheep; search for 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
Cross-references for Psalms 119:174
- Psalms 119:81My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Genesis 49:18For Your salvation I wait, Lord.
- 2 Samuel 23:5Is my house not indeed so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Properly ordered in all things, and secured; For will He not indeed make All my salvation and all my delight grow?
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Romans 7:22For I joyfully agree with the law of God in the inner person,
- Romans 8:23And not only that, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons and daughters, the redemption of our body.
- Philippians 1:23But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;
- Psalms 119:16I shall 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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Notes
- 1. Psalms 119:174 Ps 119:166 ↩
- 2. Psalms 119:174 Ps 119:16, 24 ↩
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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