Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 119:129
129Thy testimoniesarewonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Psalms 119:129 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
- New International Version (NIV)Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them.
Context of Psalms 119:129
127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Thy testimoniesarewonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. 130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding to the simple. 131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:129 word by word
פְּלָא֥וֹת עֵדְוֹתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן נְצָרָ֥תַם נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:129
- Psalms 119:18Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.
- Isaiah 9:6For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 25:1O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
- Revelation 19:10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
- Psalms 119:2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
- Psalms 25:10All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:129
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 129Thy testimonies are wonderful - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Pe (פ p ), corresponding to our “p.” The meaning of the expression here is, that the laws of God - the revelations of his will - are adapted to fill the mind with wonder. The mind is awed by their wisdom; their comprehensiveness; their extent; their spirituality; their benevolence: by the fact that laws are framed, so perfectly adapted to the end; so…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 129129. wonderful--literally, "wonders," that is, of moral excellence.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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