Psalms 119:56
This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
In Context
55I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
57[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
Cross References
Psalms 18:18They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
1 John 3:19and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall 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 →