Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees. New Living Translation I honor and love your commands. I meditate on your decrees. English Standard Version I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. Berean Study Bible I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. New American Standard Bible And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Your statutes. Zayin. King James Bible My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. Christian Standard Bible I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and will meditate on your statutes. Contemporary English Version I love and respect them and will keep them in mind. Good News Translation I respect and love your commandments; I will meditate on your instructions. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will lift up my hands to Your commands, which I love, and will meditate on Your statutes. International Standard Version I will lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. NET Bible I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. New Heart English Bible I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I shall lift my hands to your commandments which I have loved; I shall meditate in your commandments and I shall be glorified in your faith! GOD'S WORD® Translation I lift my hands [in prayer] because of your commandments, which I love. I will reflect on your laws. JPS Tanakh 1917 I will lift up my hands also unto Thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate in Thy statutes. New American Standard 1977 And I shall lift up my hands to Thy commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Thy statutes. Jubilee Bible 2000 I will lift up My hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. King James 2000 Bible My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes. American King James Version My hands also will I lift up to your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes. American Standard Version I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments which I loved; and I meditated in thine ordinances. Douay-Rheims Bible And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications. Darby Bible Translation And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes. English Revised Version I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. Webster's Bible Translation My hands also will I lift to thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. World English Bible I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN Young's Literal Translation And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes! Study Bible Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…47I delight in Your commandments because I love them. 48I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes. 49Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.… Cross References Psalm 119:15 I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. Psalm 119:49 Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope. Psalm 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. Psalm 119:127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold. Treasury of Scripture My hands also will I lift up to your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes. hands Psalm 10:12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. Ezekiel 44:12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. Micah 5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. unto thy Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. John 13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. and I will Psalm 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Lexicon I lift upוְאֶשָּֽׂא־ (wə·’eś·śā-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take my hands כַפַּ֗י (ḵap·pay) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan to אֶֽל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Your commandments, מִ֭צְוֺתֶיךָ (miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment which אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I love, אָהָ֗בְתִּי (’ā·hā·ḇə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f and I meditate וְאָשִׂ֥יחָה (wə·’ā·śî·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7878: To muse, complain, talk (of) on Your statutes. בְחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ (ḇə·ḥuq·qe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute (48) My hands.--See Psalm 28:2. The expression here is elliptical: "I will lift my hands in prayer for power to observe Thy commands." Verse 48. - My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved. In a sort of qualified worship (comp. Genesis 14:22; Psalm 28:2; Psalm 134:2; Psalm 141:2; Lamentations 3:41). And I will meditate in thy statutes. Almost a repetition of ver. 15a. 119:41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service of God is liberty. There is no full happiness, or perfect liberty, but in keeping God's law. We must never be ashamed or afraid to own our religion. The more delight we take in the service of God, the nearer we come to perfection. Not only consent to his law as good, but take pleasure in it as good for us. Let me put forth all the strength I have, to do it. Something of this mind of Christ is in every true disciple. |
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