Psalms 119:24

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

22Take away from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 23Princes also sat and talked against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. 25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. 26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: teach me thy statutes.

Psalms 119:24 word by word

גַּֽם־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• delightשַׁעֲשֻׁעִיםsha‛shûa‛ · delightH8191

Cross-references for Psalms 119:24

• Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
• Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
• Jeremiah 6:10To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
• Psalms 119:97Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
• Psalms 19:11Moreover by them is thy servant warned: in keeping of them there is great reward.
• Deuteronomy 17:18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
• Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
• Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• 2 Timothy 3:15and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is 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

Topics related to Psalms 119:24

• Instruction
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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