New English Translation
Psalms 119:65
65You are good to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised.
Psalms 119:65 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.
- New International Version (NIV)Do good to your servant according to your word, Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word.
Context of Psalms 119:65
63I am a friend to all your loyal followers, and to those who keep your precepts. 64O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes! ט (Tet) You are good to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised. 66Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable. 67Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:65 word by word
ט֭וֹב עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִֽם־עַבְדְּךָ֑ יְ֝הוָ֗ה כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:65
- Psalms 119:17Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.
- Psalms 13:6I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me.
- Psalms 16:5Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.
- Psalms 18:35You give me your protective shield; your right hand supports me; your willingness to help enables me to prevail.
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
- Psalms 30:11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
- Psalms 116:7Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you.
- 1 Chronicles 29:14“But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:65
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant - Whatsoever thy word has promised, thou hast fulfilled. Every servant of God can testify that God has done him nothing but good, and therefore he can speak good of his name.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 65Thou hast dealt well with thy servant - This begins a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Teth (ת t ), corresponding to our “t.” The use of this letter, however, does nothing to mark the sense. The literal meaning of the phrase here is, “Good hast thou done with thy servant;” and the idea is, that God had been good, and had done good to him. In the review of his own life he sees good, and good alone. Even in afflictions and trials…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 65-72Verses 65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 65-68Good judgment and knowledge come from wisdom (Psalm 111:10). The psalmist admits he used to wander like a lost sheep (Psalm 119:176). now I keep your word: See Psalm 119:25–29. You are good, and You do what is good: God's character is perfect (Psalm 97:2; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 65-6765-67. The reliance on promises (Psa 119:49) is strengthened by experience of past dealings according with promises, and a prayer for guidance, encouraged by sanctified affliction.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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