Psalm 119:48

48 I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.

Psalm 119:48 in Other Translations

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

48 I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. Zayin

48 I honor and love your commands. I meditate on your decrees.

48 relishing every fragment of your counsel.

48 I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.

48 I lift my hands [in prayer] because of your commandments, which I love. I will reflect on your laws.

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

48 I praise your commands, and I love them. I spend time thinking about your orders.

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 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.

50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 24:63