Psaume 119:48

48 J'élèverai mes mains vers tes commandements que j'aime, et je m'entretiendrai de tes statuts.

Psaume 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.

Psaume 119:48 In-Context

46 Je parlerai de tes témoignages devant les rois, et je n'aurai point de honte.

47 Je ferai mes délices de tes commandements que j'aime.

48 J'élèverai mes mains vers tes commandements que j'aime, et je m'entretiendrai de tes statuts.

49 Souviens-toi de la parole donnée à ton serviteur, en laquelle tu m'as fait espérer.

50 C'est ici ma consolation dans mon affliction, que ta parole me rend la vie.