Psalms 119:48
I respect/revere [IDM] ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them, and I will ◄meditate on/think about► ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
47I am delighted to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.
Psalms 119:15I will ◄study/think about► ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and I will pay attention to what you have showed me.
Ezekiel 44:12But because they helped the people to worship idols and caused many of the Israeli people [MTY] to sin by worshiping idols, I have lifted up my arm and solemnly declared that they must be punished for their sin.
Matthew 7:21“ Even though many people habitually call me ‘Lord’, pretending that they have my authority, some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, because they do not do what he desires. Only those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires will go there.
John 15:14You show that you are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:46-49
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. We may observe in these verses, 1. What David experienced of an affection to the law of God: " I seek thy precepts, v. 45 . I desire to know and do my duty, and consult thy word accordingly; I do all I… Read the whole commentary →