Psalms 119:172
My tongue shall sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are right.
Noyes Bible
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; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
173Let thy hand be my help; For I have chosen thy precepts!
Cross References
Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed thy righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I have not restrained my lips, O LORD! thou knowest!
Psalms 119:13With my lips do I declare All the precepts of thy mouth.
Psalms 119:86All thy commandments are faithful; They persecute me without cause; help thou me!
Psalms 119:138Just are the ordinances which thou hast ordained, And altogether righteous.
Matthew 12:34How can ye, evil as ye are, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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 →