New Living Translation
Psalms 119:24
24Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.
Psalms 119:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
- New International Version (NIV)Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 119:24
22Don’t let them scorn and insult me, for I have obeyed your laws. 23Even princes sit and speak against me, but I will meditate on your decrees. Your laws please me; they give me wise advice. 25I lie in the dust; revive me by your word. 26I told you my plans, and you answered. Now 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 will delight in your decrees and not forget your word.
- Job 27:10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?
- Jeremiah 6:10To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the Lord. They don’t want to listen at all.
- Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long.
- Psalms 19:11They are a warning to your servant, a great reward for those who obey them.
- Deuteronomy 17:18“When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Joshua 1:8Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Proverbs 6:20My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
- Isaiah 8:20Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
- Colossians 3:16Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.
- 2 Timothy 3:15You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting 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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