Psalms 119:56
This I had because I kept thy precepts.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
In Context
55I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.
57CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.
Cross References
Psalms 18:18They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
1 John 3:19For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shall before him assure our hearts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:56-57
55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord , in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. Here is, 1. The converse David had with the word of God; he kept it in mind, and upon every occasion he called it to mind. God's name is the discovery he has made of himself to us in and by his word. This is his memorial unto all generations, and therefore we should always keep it in memory—remember it in the night, upon a waking bed, when we are communing with our own hearts. When others were… Read the whole commentary →