Psalms 119:172
תַּעַן לְשׁוֹנִי אִמְרָתֶךָ כִּי כָל ־ מִצְוֺתֶיךָ צֶּֽדֶק ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171תַּבַּעְנָה שְׂפָתַי תְּהִלָּה כִּי תְלַמְּדֵנִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃
173תְּהִֽי ־ יָדְךָ לְעָזְרֵנִי כִּי פִקּוּדֶיךָ בָחָֽרְתִּי ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:7וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ ׃
Psalms 40:9לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת ־ רְצוֹנְךָ אֱלֹהַי חָפָצְתִּי וְתוֹרָתְךָ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָֽי ׃
Psalms 119:13בִּשְׂפָתַי סִפַּרְתִּי כֹּל מִשְׁפְּטֵי ־ פִֽיךָ ׃
Psalms 119:86כָּל ־ מִצְוֺתֶיךָ אֱמוּנָה שֶׁקֶר רְדָפוּנִי עָזְרֵֽנִי ׃
Psalms 119:138צִוִּיתָ צֶדֶק עֵדֹתֶיךָ וֶֽאֱמוּנָה מְאֹֽד ׃
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 →