Psalms 119:24
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, || The men of my counsel!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
In Context
23Princes also sat—they spoke against me, || Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
25[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, || Quicken me according to Your word.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:18And it has been, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he has written a copy of this law for himself, on a scroll, from [that] before the priests, the Levites,
Job 27:10Does he delight himself on the Mighty? Call God at all times?
Psalms 119:16I delight myself in Your statutes, || I do not forget Your word.
Psalms 119:92Unless Your law [were] my delights, || Then had I perished in my affliction.
Psalms 119:104I have understanding from Your precepts, || Therefore I have hated every false path!
Psalms 119:162I rejoice concerning Your saying, || As one finding abundant spoil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:24
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. See here, 1. How David was abused even by great men, who should have known better his character and his case, and have been more generous: Princes did sit, sit in council, sit in judgment, and speak against me. What even princes say is not always right; but it is sad when judgment is thus turned to wormwood, when those that should be the protectors of the innocent are their betrayers. Herein David was a type of Christ, for… Read the whole commentary →