Psalms 119:172
Let my tongue sing of your word, for all your commandments are righteousness.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.
173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:7and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Psalms 40:9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, LORD, you know.
Psalms 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
Psalms 119:86All of your commandments are faithful. They persecute me wrongfully. Help me!
Psalms 119:138You have commanded your statutes in righteousness. They are fully trustworthy.
Matthew 12:34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the 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 →