Psalms 119:111
Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
In Context
110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
112I have inclined mine heart to perform your statutes always, even unto the end.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:4Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
Psalms 19:8The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Psalms 119:92Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Psalms 119:162I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
Isaiah 54:17No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, says the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:110-111
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Here is, 1. David in danger of losing his life. There is but a step between him and death, for the wicked have laid a snare for him; Saul did so many a time, because he hated him for his piety. Wherever he was he found some design or other laid against him to take away his life, for it was that they aimed at. What they could not effect by open force they hoped to compass… Read the whole commentary →