Psalms 119 · Verse 24

Psalms 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Psalms 119:24, King James Version

Psalms 119:24 in other translations

BSBYour testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
WEBIndeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH
ASVThy testimonies also are my delight And my counsellors. ד DALETH.
YLTThy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!
DARBYThy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
BBEYour unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.
WebsterThy testimonies also are my delight, and my counselors.

What does Psalms 119:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:21-24

21-24. God will rebuke those who despise His word and deliver His servants from their reproach, giving them boldness in and by His truth, even before the greatest men. DALETH. (Psa 119:25-32).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 particular counsellor; one whose advice I especially need. The Analysis will farther explain the particular uses of this part.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:17-24

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 law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every…

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Psalms 119:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּֽם\־gam-alsoH1571
עֵ֭דֹתֶיךָ'E.do.tei.khatestimonies yourH5713
שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֗יsha.'a.shu.'Ai[are] delight<s> myH8191
אַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.Shei[the] people ofH582
עֲצָתִֽי\׃'a.tza.Ticounsel myH6098

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:24

  • Psalms 119:92

    Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

  • 2 Timothy 3:15-17

    And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

  • Colossians 3:16

    Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  • Psalms 119:16

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

  • Joshua 1:8

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

  • Proverbs 6:20-23

    My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  • Psalms 119:97-100

    מ MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

  • Psalms 19:11

    Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

  • Psalms 119:77

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

  • Psalms 119:143

    Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

  • Psalms 119:162

    I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

  • Psalms 119:104-105

    Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
testimonies.
16,77,92,143,162; Job 27:10; Jer 6:10
my counsellors. Heb. men of my counsel.
97-100,104,105; 19:11; De 17:18-20; Jos 1:8; Pr 6:20-23; Isa 8:20
Col 3:16; 2Ti 3:15-17

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Context

  • Psalms 119:23

    Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:24

    Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

  • Psalms 119:25

    ד DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

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Psalms 119:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues tus testimonios son mis deleites, y mis consejeros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tes témoignages sont aussi mes délices, les hommes de mon conseil.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deine Zeugnisse sind auch meine Wonne, meine Ratgeber.