Psalms 119:167
My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
In Context
166Lord, my hope has been in your salvation; and I have kept your teachings.
168I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8\40:7\Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,
Psalms 119:47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
Psalms 119:111I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.
John 14:21He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
Romans 7:22In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:167
166 Lord , I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. Here is the whole duty of man; for we are taught, 1. To keep our eye upon God's favour as our end: " Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, not only temporal but eternal salvation. I have hoped for that as my happiness and laid up my treasure in it; I have hoped for it as thine, as a happiness of thy preparing, thy promising, and which consists in being with thee. Hope of this has raised me above the world, and borne me up under all my burdens in… Read the whole commentary →