New English Translation
Psalms 119:172
172May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just.
Psalms 119:172 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My tongue will sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness.
Context of Psalms 119:172
170Listen to my appeal for mercy! Deliver me, as you promised. 171May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes. May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just. 173May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts. 174I long for your deliverance, O Lord; I find delight in your law.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:172 word by word
תַּ֣עַן לְ֭שׁוֹנִי אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֖י כָל־מִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ צֶּֽדֶק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:172
- Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
- Psalms 37:30The godly speak wise words and promote justice.
- Psalms 40:9I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true.
- Psalms 78:4we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
- Deuteronomy 6:7and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up.
- Matthew 12:34Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.
- Ephesians 4:29You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.
- Psalms 119:86All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me!
- Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:172
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 172My tongue shall speak of thy word - It shall speak of it in the language of praise; it shall speak of it in making it known to others. For all thy commandments are righteousness - I see this; I feel it; and, therefore, I will speak of it. My impression that thy commandments are all righteous is so deep, that I cannot but speak of them. I must vindicate them; I must praise thee for them.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. 171-172171-172. shall utter--or, "pour out praise" (compare Psa 19:2); shall cause Thy praises to stream forth as from a bubbling, overflowing fountain.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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