Psalms 119:172
My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Psalms 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Psalms 119:13With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.
Psalms 119:86All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Psalms 119:138The testimonies You have laid down are righteous and altogether faithful.
Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow 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 →