Psalmen 119:48

48 En ik zal mijn handen opheffen naar Uw geboden, die ik liefheb, en ik zal Uw inzettingen betrachten.

Psalmen 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.

Psalmen 119:48 In-Context

46 Ook zal ik voor koningen spreken van Uw getuigenissen, en mij niet schamen.

47 En ik zal mij vermaken in Uw geboden, die ik liefheb.

48 En ik zal mijn handen opheffen naar Uw geboden, die ik liefheb, en ik zal Uw inzettingen betrachten.

49 Zain. Gedenk des woords, tot Uw knecht gesproken, op hetwelk Gij mij hebt doen hopen.

50 Dit is mijn troost in mijn ellende, want Uw toezegging heeft mij levend gemaakt.