Psalms 119:167
Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
In Context
166I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.
168I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
Cross References
Psalms 40:8To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law [is] within my heart.
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Psalms 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
John 14:21he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
Romans 7:22for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
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 →