Psalms 119:172
My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
173Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Psalms 40:9I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
Psalms 119:13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Psalms 119:86All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
Psalms 119:138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
Matthew 12:34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:172
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Here is, 1. A great favour which David expects from God, that he will teach him his statutes. This he had often prayed for in this psalm, and urged his petition for it with various arguments; and now that he is drawing towards the close of the psalm he speaks of it as taken for granted. Those that are humbly earnest with God for his grace, and resolve with Jacob that they will not let him go unless he bless them with spiritual blessings, may be… Read the whole commentary →