Psalms 119:172
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
- KJV
- My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- WEB
- Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
- ASV
- Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
- DARBY
- My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
- BLB
- Let my tongue sing out Your word, for all Your commandments [are] righteous.
- ÅB
- Min tunge skal synge om ditt ord; for alle dine bud er rettferdighet.
- OTB
- La min tunge synge om ditt ord,
For alle dine bud er rettferdighet. - B1930
- Min tunge skal synge om ditt ord; for alle dine bud er rettferdighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Read in contextRomans 7:14
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
Read in contextPsalms 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Read in contextMatthew 12:34–35
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Read in contextRomans 7:12
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Read in contextPsalms 119:142
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Read in contextPsalms 119:138
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Read in contextPsalms 40:9–10
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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