Psalms 119:172
My tongue shall sing of your word, for all your commandments are right.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171My lips shall be fountains of praise, that you teach me your statutes.
173Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
Cross References
Psalms 40:9Well, O Lord, you know that, with lips unrestrained, your righteousness I told in the great congregation,
Psalms 119:13With my lips have I rehearsed all the judgments of your mouth.
Psalms 119:86All your commandments are trusty. With falsehood they harass me: help me.
Psalms 119:138The laws you has ordered are just, and trusty exceedingly.
Matthew 12:34You children of snakes! How can you, evil as you are, say anything good? For what fills the heart will rise to the lips.
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 →