New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 119:96
Psalms 119:96 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
- New International Version (NIV)To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
Context of Psalms 119:96
94I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts. 95The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I will diligently consider Your testimonies. I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad. 97How I love Your Law! It is my meditation all the day. 98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine.
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לְֽכָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:96
- Psalms 39:5Behold, You have made my days like hand widths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Certainly all mankind standing is a mere breath. Selah
- 1 Samuel 9:2He had a son whose name was Saul, a young and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome man than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.
- 1 Samuel 17:8He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up in battle formation? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man as your representative and have him come down to me.
- 1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised Philistines will come and pierce me through, and abuse me.” But his armor bearer was unwilling, because he was very fearful. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
- 2 Samuel 14:25Now in all Israel there was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no impairment in him.
- 2 Samuel 16:23Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was taken as though one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 17:23Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; so he died and was buried in his father’s grave.
- 2 Samuel 18:14Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst of the oak.
- Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher, “Futility of futilities! All is futility.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:11So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Indeed, there is not a righteous person on earth who always does good and does not ever sin.
- Ecclesiastes 12:8“Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher, “all is futility!”
- Matthew 5:18For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished!
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
- Psalms 19:7The Law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
- Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:96
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 96I have seen an end of all perfection - Literally, "Of all consummations I have seen the end:" as if one should say, Every thing of human origin has its limits and end, howsoever extensive, noble, and excellent. All arts and sciences, languages, inventions, have their respective principles, have their limits and ends; as they came from man and relate to man, they shall end with man: but thy law, thy revelation, which is a picture of thy own mind, an…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 96I have seen an end of all perfection - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה tiklâh - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית taklı̂yth - occurs in the following places: in Nehemiah 3:21, and Job 26:10, rendered “end;” in Job 11:7; Job 28:3, rendered “perfection;” and in Psalm 139:22, rendered “perfect.” It means properly “completion, perfection;” or, as others suppose, “hope, confidence.” It is rendered, in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 89-96Verses 89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of God, would not quicken us…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 96I have seen a limit to all perfection: Humans cannot fully understand God's ways (see Ecclesiastes 3:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-176ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). 1. undefiled--literally, "complete," perfect, or sincere (compare Psa 37:37). in--or, "of" the way--course of life. walk--act in the law--according to it (compare Lu 1:6). law--from a word meaning "to teach," is a term of rather general purport, denoting the instruction of God's Word.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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