Psalms 119:172
Let my tongue sing about your word, 1 for all your commandments are right. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171May my lips pour out praise, 1 for you teach me your statutes. 1
173May your hand help me, 1 for I have chosen your instructions. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:7and you will diligently teach them to your children; you will talk about them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly; 1 Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this. 1
Psalms 119:13With my mouth I have declared 1 all the righteous decrees that you have revealed. 1
Psalms 119:86All your commandments are reliable; 1 those people persecute me wrongfully; help me. 1
Psalms 119:138You have given your covenant decrees righteously 1 and faithfully. 1
Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, since you are evil, how can you say good things? For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
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 →