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Psalms 119:164
164Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.
Psalms 119:164 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will praise you seven times a day because all your regulations are just.
Context of Psalms 119:164
162I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil. 163I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law. Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws. 165Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. 166I wait for your salvation, Lord, and I follow your commands.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:164 word by word
שֶׁ֣בַע בַּ֭יּוֹם הִלַּלְתִּ֑יךָ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:164
- Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.
- Psalms 55:17Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
- Psalms 48:11Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
- Psalms 97:8Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, Lord.
- Revelation 19:2for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Commentaries on Psalms 119:164
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 164Seven times a day - The word seven may be used here, as it is often in the Scriptures, indefinitely to denote many, or often. There is, however, nothing which makes it necessary to understand it in this sense. The number of times in which it is proper and profitable to engage in secret or public devotion is nowhere specified in the Scriptures, but it is left, under a general direction, to be determined by each one as he shall find it desirable and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 161-168Verses 161-168 Those whose hearts stand in awe of God's word, will rather endure the wrath of man, than break the law of God. By the word of God we are unspeakable gainers. Every man hates to have a lie told him, but we should more hate telling a lie; by the latter we give an affront to God. The more we see the beauty of truth, the more we shall see the hateful deformity of a lie. We are to praise God even for afflictions; through grace we get good from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 161-164my heart fears … I rejoice: Fear, trembling, and joy show the psalmist’s devotion to God. God’s word is a treasure (great spoil). In the Old Testament, the number seven represents wholeness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 161-165161-165. (Compare Psa 119:46, 86). awe--reverential, not slavish fear, which could not coexist with love (Psa 119:163; 1Jo 4:8). Instead of fearing his persecutors, he fears God's Word alone (Lu 12:4, 5). The Jews inscribe in the first page of the great Bible (Ge 28:17), "How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"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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