Psalms 119:172
My tongue, shall respond, with thy word, For, all thy commandments, are righteous.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
In Context
171My lips, shall pour out, praise, When thou shalt teach me thy statutes.
173Be thy hand ready to help me, For, thy statutes, have I chosen.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:7and thou shalt impress them upon thy sons, and shalt speak of them,—when thou sittest in thy house and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up;
Psalms 40:9I have told the good-tidings of righteousness in a great convocation, Lo! my lips, do I not restrain, O Yahweh, thou, knowest:
Psalms 119:13With my lips, have I recounted All the regulations of thy mouth.
Psalms 119:86All thy commandments, are faithful, With falsehood, have they persecuted me, O help me!
Psalms 119:138Thou hast righteously commanded thy testimonies, yea in great faithfulness.
Matthew 12:34Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
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 →