Psalms 119:144
Right are your charges forever, instruct me that I may live.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
In Context
143Stress and strain are upon me, but your commandments are my delight.
145With my whole heart I cry; O answer me. I would keep your statutes, O Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 19:9Respect for the Lord is clean, it endures forever. The Lord’s judgments are true and right altogether.
Psalms 119:34instruct me to keep your law, and I will observe it with all my heart.
Psalms 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; make me wise to learn your commandments.
Psalms 119:151but near, too, are you, O Lord, and all your commandments are trusty.
Psalms 119:169Let my cry come before you, O Lord: give me insight, as you have promised.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:144-145
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. These two verses are almost a repetition of the two foregoing verses, but with improvement. 1. David again professes his constant adherence to God and his duty, notwithstanding the many difficulties and discouragements he met with. He had said ( v. 141 ), I am small and despised, and yet adhere to my duty. Here he finds himself not… Read the whole commentary →