Psalms 119:48
And so that my hands may be stretched out to you; and I will give thought to your rules.
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In Context
47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.
49ZAIN Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.
Psalms 119:15I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.
Ezekiel 44:12Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.
Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:46-49
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. We may observe in these verses, 1. What David experienced of an affection to the law of God: " I seek thy precepts, v. 45 . I desire to know and do my duty, and consult thy word accordingly; I do all I… Read the whole commentary →