Psalm 119:48

48 Ed alzerò le palme delle mie mani a’ tuoi comandamenti, i quali io amo; E mediterò ne’ tuoi statuti.

Psalm 119:48 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:48

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I
have loved
Showing by such a gesture his great esteem of them, and affection for them; stretching out his hands, and embracing them with both arms, as it were: and this being a praying gesture, ( 2 Timothy 2:8 ) , may signify his earnest desire and request that he might have grace and spiritual strength to enable him to observe them; and it being used in swearing, ( Genesis 14:22 ) , may express his firm resolution in the strength of divine grace to keep them; and the phrase signifying a doing or an attempt to do anything, ( Genesis 41:44 ) , may denote his practical observance of the commands, his putting his hand to do them with all his might; and I will meditate in thy statutes;
and thereby get a better understanding of them, and be in a better disposition and capacity to keep them.

Psalm 119:48 In-Context

46 E parlerò delle tue testimonianze davanti ai re, E non sarò svergognato.

47 E mi diletterò ne’ tuoi comandamenti, I quali io amo.

48 Ed alzerò le palme delle mie mani a’ tuoi comandamenti, i quali io amo; E mediterò ne’ tuoi statuti.

49 Ricordati della parola detta al tuo servitore, Sopra la quale tu mi hai fatto sperare.

50 Questa è la mia consolazione nella mia afflizione, Che la tua parola mi ha vivificato.