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Psalms 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Thy testimonies also (are) my delight, (and) my counselors (; ) - in opposition to the 'princes sitting' in council against me (). King Alphonsus, when asked who were the best counselors, replied, the dead, meaning books; because they, without flattery, teach pure truth. With better reason David calls God's laws his counselors (Muis).

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See also Psalms 119:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:24. _THY TESTIMONIES ALSO_ ARE - _my counsellors._] אנשי עצתי _anshey atsathi_, "the men of my counsel." I sit with them; and I consider every testimony thou hast given as a particula...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THY TESTIMONIES ALSO ARE MY DELIGHT - See the notes at Psalms 119:16. He found his main happiness in the word of God. AND MY COUNSELORS - Margin, as in Hebrew, “men of my counsel.” He sought direction...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALSO. nevertheless. See Psalms 129:2. MY COUNSELLORS. men (Hebrew. _'ish,_ App-14) of my counsel....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    COUNSELLORS. — See margin. Instead of taking the princes of Psalms 119:23 into counsel. he takes God’s testimonies....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּֽם ־עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗י אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲצָתִֽי׃...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING Psalms 119:17 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded of the co...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them very highly correspond with what might be supposed to...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    24._Also thy testimonies are my delight _The particle גם, _gam, _connects this with the preceding verse. To adhere unflinchingly to our purpose, when the world takes up an unjust opinion of us, and, a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THY TESTIMONIES ALSO [ARE] MY DELIGHT,.... Or "delights" x; exceeding delightful to me. The whole of Scripture is so to a good man; he delights in the law of God, after the inward man; the Gospel is a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors. Ver. 24. _Thy testimonies are my delight_] _In mediis crucibus; _ to them I run as to my cordial; they are my pleasure and pastime. _ And...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Remove from me reproach_ Which I suffer, and that unjustly, for thy sake; _for I have kept thy testimonies_ And therefore I am innocent of those things for which they censure and reproach me: or, and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ Gimel._ Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thy testimonials also are my delight and my counselors, the constant study of Scriptures being his favorite occupation, and all its truths are like wise men whose advice fortifies the Bible-student ag...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MY COUNSELLORS: _ Heb._ men of my counsel...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MY DELIGHT; my chief comfort under all their censures and persecutions. MY COUNSELLORS, to teach me how to carry myself under them....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:24 testimonies H5713 delight H8191 counselors H582 H6098 testimonies - Psalms 119:16,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:21. _Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments._ Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is sure to be error in the life. A proud man is wrong, to...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word._ O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages according to my deserts, but according to the g...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word._ «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way is f...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors._ These are two great benefits, which commonly men crave: Pleasure to refresh them; Counsel to govern them. David protests he found them both i...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy testimonies._ SOCIAL CONTEMPT AND CONSCIOUS RECTITUDE I. Social contempt (verse 22). 1. Is a thing to be deprecated. 2. Is a thing not al...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 3:15; Colossians 3:16; Deuteronomy 17:18; Isaiah 8:20;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...

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