Psalms 119:167
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
In Context
166I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments.
168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
Cross References
Psalms 40:8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
Psalms 119:111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
John 14:21One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
Romans 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:167
166 Lord , I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. Here is the whole duty of man; for we are taught, 1. To keep our eye upon God's favour as our end: " Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, not only temporal but eternal salvation. I have hoped for that as my happiness and laid up my treasure in it; I have hoped for it as thine, as a happiness of thy preparing, thy promising, and which consists in being with thee. Hope of this has raised me above the world, and borne me up under all my burdens in… Read the whole commentary →