Psalms 119:54
Your statutes have been to me songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
In Context
53I am seized with glowing anger at the wicked who forsake your law.
55I remember your name in the night, O Lord and observe your law.
Cross References
Genesis 47:9Jacob answered, “I have lived a hundred and thirty years; few and hard have been the years of my life, and they have not been as many as those that my ancestors lived on earth.”
Psalms 89:1I will sing evermore of the love of the Lord, proclaiming to all generations his faithfulness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:54
53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Here is, 1. The character of wicked people; he means those that are openly and grossly wicked: They forsake thy law. Every sin is a transgression of the law, but a course and way of wilful and avowed sin is downright forsaking it and throwing it off. 2. The impression which the wickedness of the wicked made upon David; it frightened him, it put him into an amazement. He trembled to think of the dishonour thereby done to God, the… Read the whole commentary →