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Monday, November 25th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

Psalms 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Delighting in God;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Law;   Letters;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Counselor;   Delight;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Love to God;   Union to Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Judgments of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Acrostic;   Ain;   Aleph;   Beth;   Joy;   Pharisees;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Regeneration;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Testimony;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamentations of jeremiah;   Psalms the book of;   Scripture;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Delight;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.
English Revised Version
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Update Bible Version
Your testimonies also are my delight [And] my counselors.
New Century Version
Your rules give me pleasure; they give me good advice.
New English Translation
Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, [and] my counselors.
World English Bible
Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.
Amplified Bible
Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
English Standard Version
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi and thi witnessyngis is my thenkyng; and my counsel is thi iustifiyngis.
Berean Standard Bible
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Contemporary English Version
Your laws are my greatest joy! I follow their advice.
American Standard Version
Thy testimonies also are my delight And my counsellors.
Bible in Basic English
Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Complete Jewish Bible
Also your instructions are my delight; they are my counselors.
Darby Translation
Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
Easy-to-Read Version
Your rules make me happy. They give me good advice.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors.
King James Version (1611)
Thy testimonies also are my delight: and my counsellers.
New Life Bible
Your Law is my joy and it tells me what to do.
New Revised Standard
Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
George Lamsa Translation
I have meditated also in thy testimonies and in thy good counsel.
Good News Translation
Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(118-24) For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.
Revised Standard Version
Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
Christian Standard Bible®
your decrees are my delightand my counselors.
Hebrew Names Version
Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.
Lexham English Bible
Your testimonies are my delight, my counselors.
Literal Translation
Your Testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
Young's Literal Translation
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In thy testimonies is my delite, they are my councelers.
New American Standard Bible
Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my advisers.
New King James Version
Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors.
Legacy Standard Bible
Your testimonies also are my delight;They are my counselors.

Contextual Overview

24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

testimonies: Psalms 119:16, Psalms 119:77, Psalms 119:92, Psalms 119:143, Psalms 119:162, Job 27:10, Jeremiah 6:10

my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel, Psalms 119:97-100, Psalms 119:104, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 19:11, Deuteronomy 17:18-20, Joshua 1:8, Proverbs 6:20-23, Isaiah 8:20, Colossians 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:45 - These Psalms 19:7 - testimony Psalms 19:8 - rejoicing Psalms 40:8 - I delight Psalms 73:17 - Until Psalms 107:11 - contemned Psalms 119:30 - thy judgments Psalms 119:47 - I will delight Psalms 119:95 - but I Psalms 119:99 - for thy Psalms 119:174 - and thy law Proverbs 6:22 - General Isaiah 46:11 - that executeth my counsel Daniel 9:2 - understood Matthew 26:41 - the spirit Romans 7:22 - I delight Galatians 5:17 - the flesh

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy testimonies also [are] my delight,.... Or "delights" x; exceeding delightful to me. The whole of Scripture is so to a good man; he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; the Gospel is a joyful sound to him; the doctrines of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by Christ, are very pleasant; the promises of it give more joy than the finding of a great spoil; and the precepts and ordinances of it are not grievous, but ways of pleasantness and peace;

[and] my counsellors; or, "the men of my counsel" y; though David took counsel with men about affairs of state; yet concerning spiritual ones, or what related to his soul, and the concerns of that, not they, but the Scriptures, were the men of his counsel. The Gospel is the whole counsel of God relating to salvation; in it Christ, the wonderful Counsellor, gives advice to saints and sinners: the whole word of God may be profitably consulted on every occasion, and in every circumstance in which a child of God may be; all Scripture, being divinely inspired, is profitable for doctrine, for correction, and instruction in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16.

x שעשעי "deliciae meae", Montanus, Tigurine version, Gejerus, Michaelis; "delectationes meae", Pagninus; "oblectationes meae", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. y אנשי עצתי "viri consilii mei", Pagninus, Montanus, Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy testimonies also are my delight - See the notes at Psalms 119:16. He found his main happiness in the word of God.

And my counselors - Margin, as in Hebrew, “men of my counsel.” He sought direction and advice from them as from a friend who would give him counsel. He looked to the revealed law of God to ascertain what was right; to know how he should act in the emergencies of life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:24. Thy testimonies also are - my counsellors.] אנשי עצתי anshey atsathi, "the men of my counsel." I sit with them; and I consider every testimony thou hast given as a particular counsellor; one whose advice I especially need.

The Analysis will farther explain the particular uses of this part.

ANALYSIS OF LETTER GIMEL. - Third Division

In this division the psalmist -

I. Reckons up the impediments he may meet with in endeavouring to keep God's law.

II. Prays God to remove them.

First impediment. A dead soul and a dull heart; and therefore he prays for grace that he may live and keep God's word.

Second impediment. Blindness of understanding: "Open my eyes, that I may see wonders in thy law." The wonderful equity, wisdom, and profit of it.

Third impediment. His wayfaring and uncertain situation: I am a "stranger upon the earth;" therefore, "hide not thy commandments from me." Should I be frequently destitute of thy ordinances, leave me not without thy Spirit's teaching.

Fourth impediment. His infirmity and imperfection: "My soul breaks," c. I wish to be at all times, what I am sometimes, full of desire, fervour, zeal, prayer, and faith. Then shall I be what I should be, when my heart is steady in seeking thy salvation.

Fifth impediment. Pride of heart. This he saw in others, and was afraid that it might take place in himself and he knew if it did, he should wander from the commandment, and come under a curse.

Sixth impediment. The reproach and contempt he met with in consequence of his endeavours to live a godly life. Against this he prays as a grievous temptation: "Remove from me reproach and contempt."

Seventh impediment. The rulers of the people plotted against his life; they even met in council about it: "Princes did also sit and speak against me." It is difficult to bear reproach even for Christ's sake; though it should be a matter of glorying: but he must be strong in the faith, who can stand against keen raillery, and state persecution.

But what effect had all this upon the psalmist?

1. He cleaved to God's testimonies, and conscientiously observed them.

2. He made them his counsellors - drew all his wisdom from them; and he was amply rewarded, for they became his delight. Every man profits who is faithful to his God.


 
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