Proverbia 119:111

Nova Vulgata

Hereditas mea testimonia tua in aeternum, quia exsultatio cordis mei sunt.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
span data-lang="lat" data-trans="jvl" data-ref="psa.119.1" class="versetxt"> Canticum graduum. [Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi,
et exaudivit me.
Domine, libera animam meam a labiis iniquis
et a lingua dolosa.
Quid detur tibi, aut quid apponatur tibi
ad linguam dolosam?
Sagitt� potentis acut�,
cum carbonibus desolatoriis.
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est!
habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar;
multum incola fuit anima mea.
Cum his qui oderunt pacem eram pacificus;
cum loquebar illis, impugnabant me gratis.]

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.