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Psalms 119:174
174O Lord, I have longed for your rescue, and your instructions are my delight.
Psalms 119:174 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
- New International Version (NIV)I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
Context of Psalms 119:174
172Let my tongue sing about your word, for all your commands are right. 173Give me a helping hand, for I have chosen to follow your commandments. O Lord, I have longed for your rescue, and your instructions are my delight. 175Let me live so I can praise you, and may your regulations help me. 176I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come and find me, for I have not forgotten your commands.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:174 word by word
תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:174
- Psalms 119:81I am worn out waiting for your rescue, but I have put my hope in your word.
- Genesis 49:18I trust in you for salvation, O Lord!
- 2 Samuel 23:5“Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes, he has made an everlasting covenant with me. His agreement is arranged and guaranteed in every detail. He will ensure my safety and success.
- Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
- Romans 7:22I love God’s law with all my heart.
- Romans 8:23And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us.
- Philippians 1:23I’m torn between two desires: I long to go and be with Christ, which would be far better for me.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word.
- Psalms 1:2But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:174
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 119:166. The word rendered “I have longed” denotes an earnest desire or wish. Compare the notes at Psalm 42:1, and the notes at Psalm 119:20. And thy law is my delight - It is so much the object of my delight that I earnestly long or desire to see more and more of its richness and fullness.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. 173-174173-174. (Compare Psa 119:77, 81, 92). I have chosen--in preference to all other objects of delight.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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