Psalms 119:174
in Psalms 119I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
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ASV
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
KJV
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
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This verse in Psalms 119
Commentary
6 notes on this verseI have lounged for thy salvation, O LORD. He speaks like old Jacob on his deathbed; indeed, all saints, both in prayer and in death, appear as one, in word, and deed, and mind. He knew God's salvation, and yet he longed for it; that is to say, he had experienced a share of it, and he was therefore led to expect something yet higher and more complete.
This site's exposition
May my cry come before You
on Psalms 119:169-176
The last asking is to be heard, the cry before God and the plea after it. His lips pour out praise and his tongue sings of the word. The psalm ends on a stray sheep asking to be sought.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord" [Psalm 119:174]: even if all our foes be reluctant, let Christ the Salvation of God occur to us: the righteous men of old confess that they longed for Him, the Church longed for His destined coming from His mother's womb, the Church longs for His coming at His Father's right hand. Subjoined to this sentence are the words, "And Your law is my meditation:" for the Law gives testimony unto Christ.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
I have lounged for thy salvation, O LORD. He speaks like old Jacob on his deathbed; indeed, all saints, both in prayer and in death, appear as one, in word, and deed, and mind. He knew God's salvation, and yet he longed for it; that is to say, he had experienced a share of it, and he was therefore led to expect something yet higher and more complete. There is a salvation yet to come, when we shall be clean delivered from the body of this death, set free from all the turmoil and trouble of this mortal life, raised above the temptations and assaults of Satan, and brought near unto our God, to be like him and with him for ever and ever. I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; and thy law is my delight. The first clause tells us what the saint longs for, and this informs us what is his present satisfaction. God's law, contained in the ten commandments, gives joy to believers. God's law, that is, the entire Bible, is a well spring of consolation and enjoyment to all who receive it. Though we have not yet reached the fulness of our salvation, yet we find in God's word so much concerning a present salvation that we are even now delighted.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord - See the notes at Psa 119:166. The word rendered “I have longed” denotes an earnest desire or wish. Compare the notes at Psa 42:1, and the notes at Psa 119:20. And thy law is my delight - It is so much the object of my delight that I earnestly long or desire to see more and more of its richness and fullness.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תָּאַ֣בְתִּי | taavti | I long | H8373 → | |
| לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ | lishuatekha | for salvation your | H3444 → | 78 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗ | vetoratekha | and law your | H8451 → | 219 times |
| שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃ | shaashuai | [is] delight<s> my | H8191 → | 9 times |
תָּאַ֣בְתִּיI long
taavtiH8373 →
לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣for salvation your
lishuatekhaH3444 →78 times
יְהוָ֑הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְ֝תֽוֹרָתְךָ֗and law your
vetoratekhaH8451 →219 times
שַׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃[is] delight<s> my
shaashuaiH8191 →9 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 119:162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 119:72
The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Psalms 119:111
Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- Jeremiah 15:16
Through
Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:48
I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
- Psalms 119:97
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Psalms 119:48
Through
Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 1:4
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- Psalms 119:92
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalms 16:5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- 1 Peter 1:4
Where this verse is studied
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 6; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).