I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
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I have hoped for your salvation, Yahweh. I have done your commandments.
My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
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LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
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I have hoped for Thy salvation, O LORD, and have done Thy commandments.
My soul hath observed Thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; for all my ways are before Thee.
Cross-references (26)
- Proverbs 5:21 (v168) For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
- Genesis 49:18 (v166) I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
- Psalms 139:3 (v168) You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
- Psalms 40:8 (v167) I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
- Psalms 44:20-21 (v168) If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god, won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of…
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- Psalms 119:81 (v166) My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- Psalms 119:174 (v166) I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
- Romans 7:22 (v167) For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Hebrews 10:16 (v167) “This is the covenant that I will make with them: ‘After those days,’ says the Lord, ‘I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write…
- Job 34:21 (v168) “For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.
- Psalms 50:23 (v166) Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
- Psalms 130:5-7 (v166) I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than…
- Jeremiah 23:24 (v168) Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.
- John 7:17 (v166) If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- John 14:21-24 (v167) One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love…
- 1 John 2:3-4 (v166) This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a…
- Psalms 4:5 (v166) Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
- Psalms 24:3-5 (v166) Who may ascend to Yahweh’s hill? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul…
- Psalms 98:8 (v168) Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
- Psalms 119:97 (v167) How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
- Psalms 119:111 (v167) I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Psalms 119:159 (v167) Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.
- John 15:9-10 (v167) Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as…
- Revelation 2:23 (v168) I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each…
- Psalms 119:6-8 (v167) Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments. I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I…
- Hebrews 4:13 (v168) There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an…
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv166, 168 166 O Jehovah! I have waited for thy salvation.…
166 O Jehovah! I have waited for thy salvation. It is not without cause that the Prophet often repeats this sentence, which is in all men’s mouths, there being nothing easier than to ascribe to God the praise and office of saving, while yet there is hardly to be met with in the world a single example of steadfast hope, when men come to wrestle with temptations for any length of time. From the order of the words we learn, that if a man would keep himself in the fear of God, and the love of the law, it is necessary for him, above all things, “Primum,” Lat — “Devant toutes choses,” Fr.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv166, 168 He showeth that we must first have faith before…
He showeth that we must first have faith before we can work and please God.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv166–168 Psa 119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation,…
Psa 119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation] This saying he borrowed from good old Jacob, Gen 49:18
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And done thy commandments] Done them as I could; done them to Divine acceptation through Christ; and hence I have hoped: 1Jn 3:3 "Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, as God is pure."
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv166–168 Thus performing the condition which thou hast required, I…
Thus performing the condition which thou hast required, I justly and confidently hope for thy mercy promised.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain On vv166–167 Here is the whole duty of man; for we…
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 it." 2. To keep our eye upon God's word as our rule: I have done thy commandments, that is, I have made conscience of conforming myself to thy will in every thing. Observe here how God has joined these two together, and let no man put them asunder. We cannot, upon good grounds, hope for God's salvation, unless we set ourselves to do his commandments, Rev 22:14. But those that sincerely endeavour to do his commandments ought to keep up a good hope of the salvation; and that hope will both engage and enlarge the heart in doing the commandments. The more lively the hope is the more lively the obedience will be.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv166–168 My lips shall utter praise,.... Like water flowing from…
My lips shall utter praise,.... Like water flowing from a fountain, as the word (m) signifies. The heart of a good man is like a fountain of water, abounding: with good things, and his mouth is a well of life; out of the abundance of grace and good things in his heart his mouth speaks, Joh 4:14; and particularly his heart is filled with praise and thankfulness for the many blessings of providence and grace enjoyed; his lips show it forth; it comes flowing from him freely and readily, without force and compulsion, largely and plentifully, constantly and continually, and with great vehemence and strength, as streams from a fountain;
when thou hast taught me thy statutes: which is what the psalmist often prays for in this psalm; and signifies he should be very thankful to God for, and should sincerely praise him, could he obtain this favour; see Psa 119:7.
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(m) "profundent", Vatablus, Musculus; "ebullient", Piscator, Gejerus; "scaturiunt", Cocceius; "scaturient", Michaelis.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv166–168 Verse 166. Lord, I have hoped] Thou hast promised…
Verse 166. Lord, I have hoped] Thou hast promised deliverance, and I have expected it on the ground of that promise.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v167 Psa 119:167-168. My soul hath kept thy testimonies —…
Psa 119:167-168. My soul hath kept thy testimonies — I have not only obeyed thy commands outwardly, which a hypocrite may do for worldly ends, but I have done it from my very soul, and from a hearty love to them. For all my ways are before thee — I knew I was always in thy presence, and that all my tempers, words, and works were observed by thee. For this clause seems to be added as a principal reason or motive of his obedience, which was the consideration of God’s omnipresence and omniscience, and his desire to approve himself and his ways to God.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv166–168 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation - As…
Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation - As a prevailing habit or principle in my life. I have looked to thee for deliverance in the time of danger; I have looked to thee for salvation in the world to come.
And done thy commandments - That is, habitually. This is not, necessarily, a claim to absolute perfection.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v168 168. With the courage of a good conscience he…
168. With the courage of a good conscience he appeals to God’s omniscience in proof of the sincerity of his purpose.
before thee] Cp. for the phrase Psa_38:9, and for the thought, Heb_4:13.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv166–168 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation (comp. vers.…
Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation (comp. vers. 81, 123). I have waited for thee, continually expecting thee to come to my aid, and save me from my enemies. And done thy commandments; kept them, i.e., as far as human frailty would allow.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain On vv166–168 Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation,…
Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. Here we have salvation by grace, and the fruits thereof. All David's hope was fixed upon God, he looked to him alone for salvation; and then he endeavoured most earnestly to fulfil the commands of his law. Those who place least reliance upon good works are very frequently those who have tile most of them; that same divine teaching which delivers us from confidence in our own doings leads us to abound in every good work to the glory of God. In times of trouble there are two things to be done, the first is to hope in God, and the second is to do that which is right. The first without the second would be mere presumption: the second without the first mere formalism. It is well if in looking back we can claim to have acted in the way which is commanded of the Lord. If we have acted rightly towards God we are sure that lie will act kindly with us.
Ver. 166. LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, etc. This is the true posture in which all the servants of God should desire to be found hoping in his mercy, and doing his commands. How easy were it to demonstrate the connection between the mental feeling here recognized, and the obedience with which it is here associated! It is the hope of salvation which is the great and pervading motive to holiness, and it is the consciousness of obedience to the will of God which strengthens our hope of interest in the divine mercy. John Morison.
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Ver. 166. Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation. This saying he borrowed from good old Jacob. Ge 49:18. John Trapp.
Ver. 166. I have done thy commandments. Set upon the practice of what you read. A student in physics doth not satisfy himself to read over a system or body of physics, but he falls upon practising physics: the life blood of religion his in the practical part. Christians should be walking Bibles. Xenophon said, "Many read Lycurgus's laws, but few observe them." The word written is not only a rule of knowledge, but a rule of obedience; it is not only to mend our sight, but to mend our pace. David calls God's word "a lamp unto his feet" (Ps 119:105). It was not only a light to his eyes to see by, but to his feet to walk by. By practice we trade with the talent of knowledge, and turn it to profit. This is a blessed reading of Scripture, when we fly from the sins which the word forbids, and espouse the doctrines which the word commands. Reading without practice will be but a torch to light men to hell. Thomas Watson.
Ver. 166,167,168. He that casts the commands behind his back is very presumptuous in applying the promises to himself. That hope which is not accompanied with obedience will make a man ashamed. He that has learned the word of God knows that the law is not made void by faith, but established: Ro 3:31. Christ the church's Head and Prophet, in his sermon upon the mount shows the extent of the law, requiring purity in the heart and thoughts, as well as in the life and actions, and condemns them "who shall break the least of these commands and shall teach men so"; but "those that teach and do them, "he owns as great in his kingdom: Mt 5:19. The law spoken on Mount Sinai is established by the Legislator Christ in Mount Zion as a rule of righteousness. And they who are rightly instructed, "which walk according to this rule, "will have both heart and conversation ordered according to its direction, and "peace and mercy will be upon them, " and hereby they will show themselves to be indeed the Israel of God. Nathanael Vincent.
Ver. 166.
1. A hope which is not ashamed.
2. A life which is not ashamed.
3. A God of whom he is not ashamed.
Ver. 166. A good hope through grace.
1. Salvation is God's gift: "thy salvation."
2. Is apprehended by hope: "I have hoped."
3. Is accompanied by obedience: "and done thy commandments." Heb 6:9.
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Psalms 119:167*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv166, 168 Lord, I have hoped for Thy salvation, and done…
Psa_119:166-168
Lord, I have hoped for Thy salvation, and done Thy commandments.
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A justifiable hope
There is a true hope and a false hope, a justifiable and an unjustifiable hope--the words direct us to the former.
I. Here is a hope that has a justifiable object. What is the object? Thy salvation. What does the real salvation of man involve?
1. Restoration to lost holiness. The soul was created in the image of God, that is, in moral perfection. That image it has lost, the restoration of that is salvation. The restoration of purity, love, spiritual freedom, loyalty.
2. The restoration of lost usefulness. The soul was made to be useful, to render by its true thoughts, pure sympathies, and wise counsels, service to other souls. But this usefulness it has lost. As a rule, men are injurious to each other. Salvation is the restoration of this usefulness. All souls ministering and inter-ministering to the good of one another. Now, is not this a justifiable object of hope? This is the hope which God has set before us in the Gospel.
II. Hero is a hope that has a justifiable reason. The reason here assigned for this hope is devotion to the right. A man who is loyally and livingly devoted to the right has undoubtedly a justifiable reason for hoping for salvation. It cannot be purchased, it cannot be given, it must grow out of the soul devoted to rectitude. (Homilist.)
The doing of Gods commandments
Set upon the practice of what you read. A student in physic doth not satisfy himself to read over a system or body of physic, but he falls upon practising physic. The life-blood of religion lies in the practical part. Christians should be walking Bibles. Xenophon said, Many read Lycurguss laws, but few observe them. The Word written is not only a rule of knowledge, but a rule of obedience; it is not only to mend our sight, but to mend our pace. David calls Gods Word a lamp unto his feet (verse 105). It was not only a light to his eyes to see by, but to his feet to walk by. By practice we trade with the talent of knowledge, and turn it to profit. This is a blessed reading of Scripture, when we fly from the sins which the Word forbids, and espouse the doctrines which the Word commands. Reading without practice will be but a torch to light men to hell. (T. Watson.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v167 I observe your solemn commands
I observe your solemn commands
"I obey your solemn commands"
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solemn commands
Other possible meanings are "testimonies" or "laws." See how you translated this in Psalms 119:2.
I keep your instructions
"I obey your instructions"
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