Psalms 119:54
Your statutes are songs to me in the house of my pilgrimage.
BSB
ASV
Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
KJV
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
1834–1892
THE 119th Psalm is said, by many, to consist of detached sentences and to be rather a casket of gold rings than a chain of united golden links, yet the position of this verse is somewhat remarkable, for the verse before it runs thus— "Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake Your Law." Most of you know for yourselves what that sentence means, for if you hear a man swear in the streets, your blood runs chill with horror.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 89:1I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
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I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
Through
Psalms 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
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My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
