Psalm 119:24

Translations

Modern

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

Traditional

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Literal

Your testimonies also are my delight—the men of my counsel.

Latin

Nam et testimonia tua meditatio mea est, et consilium meum justificationes tuæ.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

Notes

Psalms 119:23–24

Those who meditate on God’s instructions receive wise advice from them.

Psalms 119:17–24

Gimel (ג) is the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

Like a stranger in a hostile land, God's servant needs God's guidance.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Related verses

2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 119:92
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Psalm 119:16
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
Proverbs 6:20–23
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Psalm 19:11
By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
Psalm 119:97–100
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Psalm 119:77
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Psalm 119:104–105
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Psalm 119:143
Trouble and distress have found me, but Your commandments are my delight.
Psalm 119:162
I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

Glossary

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