Psalms 119:7

7 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.

Psalms 119:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 As I learn your righteous regulations, I will thank you by living as I should!
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 I will give thanks to you as I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 I will praise You with a sincere heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 I will praise you with an honest heart as I learn about how fair your decisions are.

Psalms 119:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:7

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart
In the most sincere manner, in the most affectionate way, with the whole heart; sensible of great favours received, and great obligations laid under; see ( Psalms 9:1 ) ;

when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments;
or, "the judgments of thy righteousness" F15: of the righteousness of God, declared in his righteous law; which is founded upon, and is according to, the strictest rules of justice and equity; and so are all the precepts of it: and of the righteousness of Christ, revealed in the Gospel; by which God appears to be just, while he is the justifier of him that believes in Jesus. Now the precepts of the one, and the doctrines of the other, are to be learned, and learned of God, in his word and by his Spirit. The psalmist had been learning them, but was desirous of learning more of them, not being a complete proficient in them; and of learning them, not merely in the theory, but in the practice and experience of them; which, when he had attained unto, as he hoped he should, it would be matter of the most sincere praise and thankfulness.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Kqdu yjpvm) "judicia justitiae tuae", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Musculus, Gejerus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Psalms 119:7 In-Context

5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
6 Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.
9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 4:8
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