Psalm 119:47
New International Version
for I delight in your commands because I love them.

New Living Translation
How I delight in your commands! How I love them!

English Standard Version
for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.

Berean Standard Bible
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

King James Bible
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

New King James Version
And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love.

New American Standard Bible
I will delight in Your commandments, Which I love.

NASB 1995
I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.

NASB 1977
And I shall delight in Thy commandments, Which I love.

Legacy Standard Bible
I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.

Amplified Bible
For I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love.

Christian Standard Bible
I delight in your commands, which I love.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I delight in Your commands, which I love.

American Standard Version
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall meditate upon your commandments which I have loved,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

Contemporary English Version
I love your commands! They bring me happiness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.

English Revised Version
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Your commandments, which I love, make me happy.

Good News Translation
I find pleasure in obeying your commands, because I love them.

International Standard Version
I will take delight in your commands, which I love.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, Which I have loved.

Literal Standard Version
And I delight myself in Your commands, | That I have loved,

Majority Standard Bible
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

New American Bible
I delight in your commandments, which I dearly love.

NET Bible
I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

New Revised Standard Version
I find my delight in your commandments, because I love them.

New Heart English Bible
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

World English Bible
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.

Young's Literal Translation
And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
46I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed. 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.…

Cross References
Psalm 119:16
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Psalm 119:97
Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

Psalm 119:113
The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.

Psalm 119:119
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

Psalm 119:127
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

Psalm 119:140
Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

Psalm 119:159
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.

I will delight

Psalm 119:16,24
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word…

Psalm 112:1
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

which

Psalm 119:48,97,127,140,167,174
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes…

Psalm 19:7-10
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple…

Job 23:11,12
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined…

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














Verse 47. - And I will delight myself in thy commandments (comp. vers. 14, 16, 24, 35, 77, etc.). Which I have loved (see below, vers. 48, 97, 113, 119, 127, 159, 163, 167).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I delight
וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע (wə·’eš·ta·‘ă·ša‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 8173: To look upon, fondle, please, amuse, to look about, stare

in Your commandments
בְּמִצְוֺתֶ֗יךָ (bə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4687: Commandment

because
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

I love them.
אָהָֽבְתִּי׃ (’ā·hā·ḇə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f


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