the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 119:24
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Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Your testimonies also are my delight [And] my counselors.
Your rules give me pleasure; they give me good advice.
Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, [and] my counselors.
Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.
Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
For whi and thi witnessyngis is my thenkyng; and my counsel is thi iustifiyngis.
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Your laws are my greatest joy! I follow their advice.
Thy testimonies also are my delight And my counsellors.
Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
Also your instructions are my delight; they are my counselors.
Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
Your rules make me happy. They give me good advice.
Yea, Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counsellors.
Thy testimonies also are my delight: and my counsellers.
Your Law is my joy and it tells me what to do.
Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.
Also thy testimonies are my delite, and my counsellers.
I have meditated also in thy testimonies and in thy good counsel.
Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.
Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
(118-24) For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel.
Thy testimonies are my delight, they are my counselors.
Yea thy testimonies are my delyght: and my counsaylers.
For thy testimonies are my meditation, and thine ordinances are my counsellors.
your decrees are my delightand my counselors.
Indeed your statutes are my delight, And my counselors.
Your testimonies are my delight, my counselors.
Your Testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
In thy testimonies is my delite, they are my councelers.
Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my advisers.
Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.
Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors.
Your testimonies also are my delight;They are my counselors.
Contextual Overview
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.
