Psalms 119:167
165 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.
I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
168 I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
169 May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
- KJV
- My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
- WEB
- My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
- ASV
- My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
- DARBY
- My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
- BLB
- My soul has kept Your testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
- ÅB
- Min sjel har holdt dine vitnesbyrd, og jeg elsket dem såre.
- OTB
- Min sjel holder dine vitnesbyrd,
Og jeg elsker dem høyt. - B1930
- Min sjel har holdt dine vidnesbyrd, og jeg elsket dem såre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:16
“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
Read in contextPsalms 40:8
I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Read in contextRomans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Read in contextJohn 14:21–24
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
Read in contextJohn 15:9–10
As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
Read in contextPsalms 119:97
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Read in contextPsalms 119:111
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Read in contextPsalms 119:159
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
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