New English Translation
Psalms 119:7
7I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations.
Psalms 119:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
- New International Version (NIV)I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
Context of Psalms 119:7
5If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! 6Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands. I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations. 8I will keep your statutes. Do not completely abandon me! ב (Bet) 9How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:7 word by word
א֭וֹדְךָ בְּיֹ֣שֶׁר לֵבָ֑ב בְּ֝לָמְדִ֗י מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:7
- Psalms 119:171May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 9:1I will thank the Lord with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds!
- Psalms 86:12O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart! I will honor your name continually!
- 1 Chronicles 29:13Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!
- Psalms 119:12You deserve praise, O Lord! Teach me your statutes!
- Psalms 25:4Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths!
- Psalms 143:10Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go.
- John 6:45It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.
- Psalms 119:138The rules you impose are just, and absolutely reliable.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart - With an upright and sincere heart. When I shall have learned - Hebrew, “In my learning.” In the practice or act of learning them. His own experience of their nature, influence, and value would lead him to sincere praise. He had no doubt of finding that they were worthy of his praises, and of seeing in them more and more occasion to glorify and honor God. The more we know of God, the more shall we see in him…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8Aleph (א) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 119 is written as an acrostic poem. Each section has eight verses, and every verse in that section begins with the same Hebrew letter. The first section begins with Aleph. God, the author of these instructions, commands that his followers live by them. The psalmist prays to be given the grace to live by that revelation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. judgments--rules of conduct formed by God's judicial decisions; hence the wide sense of the word in the Psalms, so that it includes decisions of approval as well as condemnation.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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