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Psalms 119:111

Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Joy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Heritage;   Inheritance;   Spiritual;   Testimonies;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Scriptures, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judgments of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Heritage;   Inheritance;   Nun;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Pharisees;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Regeneration;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Heritage;   Testimony;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;   Scripture;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for February 14;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
I have inherited Your testimonies forever,For they are the joy of my heart.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart.
Darby Translation
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
New King James Version
Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Literal Translation
I have inherited Your Testimonies forever; for they are the joy of my heart.
Easy-to-Read Version
The rules you have given me to follow will be mine forever. They give me great joy.
World English Bible
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
King James Version (1611)
Thy Testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the reioycing of my heart.
King James Version
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thy testimonies haue I claymed as myne heretage for euer: & why? they are the very ioye of my herte.
Amplified Bible
I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
American Standard Version
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Bible in Basic English
I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
Update Bible Version
Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
New English Translation
I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.
Contemporary English Version
They will always be my most prized possession and my source of joy.
Complete Jewish Bible
I take your instruction as a permanent heritage, because it is the joy of my heart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
George Lamsa Translation
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Hebrew Names Version
I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
New Living Translation
Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart's delight.
New Life Bible
I have been given Your Law forever. It is the joy of my heart.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have inherited thy testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart.
English Revised Version
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Berean Standard Bible
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
New Revised Standard
Your decrees are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As an inheritance have I taken thy testimonies unto times age-abiding, for, the joy of my heart, they are.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-111) I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are the joy of my heart.
Lexham English Bible
I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
English Standard Version
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
New American Standard Bible
I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
New Century Version
I will follow your rules forever, because they make me happy.
Good News Translation
Your commandments are my eternal possession; they are the joy of my heart.
Christian Standard Bible®
I have Your decrees as a heritage forever; indeed, they are the joy of my heart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I purchasside thi witnessyngis bi eritage with outen ende; for tho ben the ful ioiyng of myn herte.
Revised Standard Version
Thy testimonies are my heritage for ever; yea, they are the joy of my heart.
Young's Literal Translation
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.

Contextual Overview

111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 112 I have inclined my heart to perform Thy statutes, for ever, at every step.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thy testimonies: Psalms 119:14, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:162, Psalms 16:5, Deuteronomy 33:4, Isaiah 54:17, Acts 26:18, Colossians 1:12, Hebrews 9:15, 1 Peter 1:4

for they: Psalms 119:74, Psalms 119:92, Psalms 119:174, Psalms 19:8, Jeremiah 15:16, 1 Peter 1:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:45 - These Deuteronomy 30:19 - choose life Joshua 24:15 - as for me 1 Kings 2:3 - testimonies 2 Chronicles 15:15 - rejoiced 2 Chronicles 34:31 - and his testimonies Nehemiah 8:12 - because Psalms 17:15 - I will Psalms 19:7 - testimony Psalms 40:16 - love Psalms 93:5 - Thy Psalms 104:34 - meditation Psalms 118:15 - voice Psalms 119:30 - chosen Psalms 119:72 - better Psalms 119:95 - but I Psalms 119:117 - and I will Psalms 119:119 - therefore Psalms 119:167 - soul Psalms 119:173 - for Psalms 122:1 - was glad Proverbs 1:30 - General Proverbs 2:2 - thou Proverbs 2:10 - General Proverbs 3:14 - General Proverbs 22:18 - it is Proverbs 24:14 - shall the Isaiah 56:4 - choose Luke 10:42 - chosen Luke 18:30 - manifold more Acts 8:28 - and sitting Acts 8:39 - and he Romans 7:22 - I delight

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever,.... The Scriptures, which testify of Christ and of his grace, and of the mind and will of God, are a portion of themselves; and a goodly heritage they are, better than thousands of gold and silver, preferable to all worldly inheritances; as they have been to many, who have forsaken all for Christ and his Gospel. These, like an inheritance, have been transmitted from father to son, from one age of the church to another, in successive generations; nor shall they depart from her, nor from her seed and seed's seed, from henceforth and for ever; they are an inheritance which will continue for ever, Deuteronomy 33:4. These David chose and took, as for his counsellors, so for his portion and inheritance; and a wise and good choice he made; he chose the good part that should never be taken away; his reason for it follows:

for they are the rejoicing of my heart; the doctrines in them, the promises of them, when read or heard explained, gave him a sensible pleasure; revived his heart, and cheered his spirits, supported him under all his troubles, and caused him to go on his way rejoicing; see

Jeremiah 15:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy testimonies - Thy law; thy revealed will; the revelation which thou hast given considered as thy solemn “testimony” as to what is true and right.

Have I taken as an heritage for ever - As my inheritance; as my property; as that which I consider to be of real and permanent value. The Hebrew word used here - נחל nachal - means to receive as a possession; to acquire; to possess as wealth; and then, to inherit. It is usually applied to the possession of the promised land as an inheritance. Here it means that the law of God was to him as such a possession. He regarded it as one does a rich inheritance. He chose it as his portion above all things else.

For they are the rejoicing of my heart - My happiness is in them. I find constant comfort in them. See Psalms 119:77, Psalms 119:92. Compare the notes at Psalms 1:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:111. As a heritage — In Psalms 119:57 he says, God is my portion, חלקי chelki. In this he says, Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage, נחל nachal. To these he was heir; he had inherited them from his fathers, and he was determined to leave them to his family for ever. If a man can leave nothing to his child but a Bible, in that he bequeaths him the greatest treasure in the universe.


 
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