Psalms 119:174

174 I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.

Psalms 119:174 in Other Translations

KJV
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
ESV
174 I long for your salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight.
NLT
174 O LORD, I have longed for your rescue, and your instructions are my delight.
MSG
174 I'm homesick, God, for your salvation; I love it when you show yourself!
CSB
174 I long for Your salvation, Lord, and Your instruction is my delight.

Psalms 119:174 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:174

I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord
For temporal salvation and deliverance from enemies; and for spiritual and eternal salvation by the Messiah; and for the Messiah himself, the author of it: Kimchi interprets it of the salvation of the soul in the world to come; see ( Psalms 119:81 ) ;

and thy law [is] my delight;
or "delights" F14; his exceeding great delight, as being pure and perfect, holy, just, and good; a transcript of the divine nature, a revelation of the divine will; as in the hands of Christ, his surety and Saviour, who had engaged to fulfil it for him; and as written in his heart; and as delivered from the curse and condemnation of it, through the suretyship engagements of Christ.


FOOTNOTES:

F14 (yevev) "deliciae meae", Montanus, Tigurine version.

Psalms 119:174 In-Context

172 May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.
173 May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I long for your salvation, LORD, and your law gives me delight.
175 Let me live that I may praise you, and may your laws sustain me.
176 I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

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