Psalms 119:165
163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
164 Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
166 I wait for Your salvation, O LORD, and I carry out Your commandments.
167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your instruction; nothing can make them stumble.
- KJV
- Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
- WEB
- Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
- ASV
- Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
- DARBY
- Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.
- BLB
- Great prosperity [is] unto those loving Your law, and nothing to them [is] a stumbling block.
- ÅB
- Stor fred har de som elsker din lov, og det er ikke noe anstøt for dem.
- OTB
- De som elsker din lov har stor fred,
Og ingenting får dem til å snuble. - B1930
- Megen fred har de som elsker din lov, og det er ikke noget anstøt for dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:1–2
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Read in contextIsaiah 32:17
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
Read in contextJohn 14:27
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextGalatians 5:22–23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Read in contextProverbs 3:23
Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
Read in context1 Peter 2:6–8
For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
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