Psalms 119:171
My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
In Context
170May my plea come before You; rescue me according to Your promise.
172My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Cross References
Psalms 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:170-171
22. TAU. 169 Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord : give me understanding according to thy word. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. Here we have, I. A general petition for audience repeated: Let my cry come near before thee; and again, Let my supplication come before thee. He calls his prayer his cry, which denotes the fervency and vehemence of it, and his supplication, which denotes the humility of it. We must come to God as beggars come to our doors for an alms. He is… Read the whole commentary →