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Psalms 119:24
24Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
Psalms 119:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.
Context of Psalms 119:24
22Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes. 23Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees. Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors. 25I am laid low in the dust; preserve my life according to your word. 26I gave an account of my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.
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גַּֽם־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:24
- Psalms 119:16I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
- Job 27:10Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?
- Jeremiah 6:10To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
- Psalms 19:11By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
- Deuteronomy 17:18When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.
- Joshua 1:8Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Isaiah 8:20Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Colossians 3:16Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
- 2 Timothy 3:15and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Thy testimonies also are - my counsellors - עצתי אנשי anshey atsathi, "the men of my counsel." I sit with them; and I consider every testimony thou hast given as a particular counsellor; one whose advice I especially need. The Analysis will farther explain the particular uses of this part.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Thy testimonies also are my delight - See the notes at Psalm 119:16. He found his main happiness in the word of God. And my counselors - Margin, as in Hebrew, “men of my counsel.” He sought direction and advice from them as from a friend who would give him counsel. He looked to the revealed law of God to ascertain what was right; to know how he should act in the emergencies of life.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24Those who meditate on God’s instructions receive wise advice from them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2421-24. God will rebuke those who despise His word and deliver His servants from their reproach, giving them boldness in and by His truth, even before the greatest men. DALETH. (Psa 119:25-32).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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