Psalms 119 · Verse 16

Psalms 119:16

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:16, King James Version

Psalms 119:16 in other translations

BSBI will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
WEBI will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
ASVI will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL.
YLTIn Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
DARBYI delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
BBEI will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.
WebsterI will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

What does Psalms 119:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:10-16

10-16. We must carefully treasure up the word of God, declare it to others, meditate on it, and heartily delight in it; and then by His grace we shall act according to it. GIMEL. (Psa 119:17-24).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 I will delight myself - The word is very emphatical: אשתעשע eshtaasha, I will skip about and jump for joy. 14. He must exult in God's word as his treasure, live in the spirit of obedience as his work, and ever glory in God, who has called him to such a state of salvation. 15. He must never forget what God has done for him, done in him, and promised farther to do; and he must not forget the promises he had made, and the vows of the Lord that are upon him. Any young man who attends to these fifteen particulars will get his impure way cleansed; victory over his sin; and, if he abide faithful to the Lord that bought him, an eternal heaven at last among them that are sanctified.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:9-16

To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom and strength, and to depend upon God, proves the purpose of holiness is sincere. God's word is treasure worth laying up, and there is no laying it up safe but in our hearts, that we may oppose God's precepts to the dominion…

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Psalms 119:16 in the original Hebrew

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בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָbe.chu.ko.Tei.chain statutes yourH2708
אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע'esh.ta.'a.Sha'I will delight myselfH8173
לֹ֭אlo'notH3808
אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח'esh.KachI will forgetH7911
דְּבָרֶֽךָ\׃de.va.Re.khaword yourH1697

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:16

  • Psalms 119:24

    Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

  • Psalms 119:47

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

  • Proverbs 3:1

    My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

  • Psalms 119:35

    Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

  • Romans 7:22

    For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

  • Psalms 119:92-93

    Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

  • Psalms 119:83

    For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:109

    My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

  • Psalms 119:77

    Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

  • Hebrews 10:16-17

    This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

  • Psalms 119:176

    I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

  • James 1:23-24

    For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
delight.
14,24,35,47,70,77,92; 40:8; Ro 7:22; Heb 10:16,17
not forget.
11,83,93,109,141,176; Pr 3:1; Jas 1:23,24

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Context

  • Psalms 119:15

    I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

  • Psalms 119:16

    I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

  • Psalms 119:17

    ג GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

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Psalms 119:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Recrearéme en tus estatutos: no me olvidaré de tus palabras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je fais mes délices de tes statuts, je n’oublierai pas ta parole.
German
Elberfelder 1871		An deinen Satzungen habe ich meine Wonne; deines Wortes werde ich nicht vergessen.