Psalms 119 · Verse 64

Psalms 119:64

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms 119:64, King James Version

Psalms 119:64 in other translations

BSBThe earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
WEBThe earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH
ASVThe earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes. ט TETH.
YLTOf Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
DARBYThe earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.
BBEThe earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me knowledge of your rules.
WebsterThe earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

What does Psalms 119:64 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
64. While opposed by the wicked, and opposing them, the pious delight in those who fear God, but, after all, rely for favor and guidance not on merit, but mercy. TETH. (Psa 119:65-72).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 64 The earth is full of thy mercy - What an astonishing operation has the grace of God! In the midst of want, poverty, affliction, and bondage, it makes those who possess it happy! When Christ dwells in the heart by faith, we have nothing but goodness around us. Others may complain; but to us even the earth appears full of the mercy of the Lord.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:57-64

True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste…

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Psalms 119:64 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.

חַסְדְּךָ֣chas.de.Khacovenant loyalty yourH2617
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
מָלְאָ֥הmal.'Ahit is fullH4390
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
חֻקֶּ֥יךָchu.Kei.chadecrees yourH2706
לַמְּדֵֽנִי\׃la.me.De.niteach meH3925

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:64

  • Psalms 33:5

    He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

  • Psalms 119:12

    Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.

  • Matthew 11:29

    Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

  • Isaiah 48:17-18

    Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

  • Psalms 145:9

    The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

  • Psalms 119:26

    I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.

  • Psalms 27:11

    Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

  • Isaiah 2:3

    And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  • Psalms 104:13

    He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
earth.
33:5; 104:13; 145:9
teach.
12,26; 27:11; Isa 2:3; 48:17,18; Mt 11:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:63

    I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:64

    The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

  • Psalms 119:65

    ט TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word.

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Psalms 119:64 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		De tu misericordia, oh Jehová, está llena la tierra: enséñame tus estatutos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		La terre, ô Éternel! est pleine de ta bonté; enseigne-moi tes statuts.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Von deiner Güte, Jehova, ist die Erde erfüllt; lehre mich deine Satzungen!