Psalms 119:152

152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.

Psalms 119:152 in Other Translations

152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

152 Long have I known from your testimonies that you have founded them forever.

152 I have known from my earliest days that your laws will last forever.

152 I've known all along from the evidence of your words that you meant them to last forever.

152 Long ago I learned from Your decrees that You have established them forever.

Psalms 119:152 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:152

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old
Or, "from thy testimonies, I have known of old" ^F4: by carefully reading the Scriptures which testify of God, his mind an will, and frequently meditating on them, he had learned a long time ago, even from his youth, what follows,

that thou hast founded them for ever;
that the things contained in them are sure and certain, established and eternal truths; the moral law and the precepts of it are eternal, and of perpetual obligation; not one jot or tittle of them shall ever fail; the Gospel, and the truths of it, are everlasting, and shall ever remain; in spite of all the opposition, craft and cunning, fury and force of men, to undermine and root them out; see ( Psalms 119:89 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Kytdem) "ex obtestationibus tuis", Tigurine version; so Cocceius, Gejerus.

Psalms 119:152 In-Context

150 Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.

151 Yet you are near, LORD, and all your commands are true.

152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.

153 Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.

154 Defend my cause and redeem me; preserve my life according to your promise.

Cross References

• 1. ver 7,73
• 2. S ver 89; S Psalms 111:8; Luke 21:33