Psalms 119:48

48 And I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

Psalms 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.

Psalms 119:48 In-Context

46 And I will speak of your testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed.

47 And I will take delight in your commands, which I love.

48 And I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

49 Remember [your] word to your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.

50 This [is] my comfort in my misery: that your word preserves my life.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "palms"