Psalms 119:47

47 for I delight in your commands because I love them.

Psalms 119:47 in Other Translations

KJV
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
ESV
47 for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.
NLT
47 How I delight in your commands! How I love them!
MSG
47 I cherish your commandments - oh, how I love them! -
CSB
47 I delight in Your commands, which I love.

Psalms 119:47 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:47

And I will delight myself in thy commandments
In perusing and practising them;

which I have loved;
a good man loves the law of God, and the commandments of Christ, and delights in them after the inward man.

Psalms 119:47 In-Context

45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
47 for I delight in your commands because I love them.
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.
49 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

Cross References 2

  • 1. ver 77,143; S Psalms 112:1
  • 2. ver 97,127,159,163,165
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