Psalms 119 · Verse 79

Psalms 119:79

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:79, King James Version

Psalms 119:79 in other translations

BSBMay those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.
WEBLet those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
ASVLet those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
YLTThose fearing Thee turn back to me, And those knowing Thy testimonies.
DARBYLet those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
BBELet your worshippers be turned to me, and those who have knowledge of your words.
WebsterLet those that fear thee turn to me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

What does Psalms 119:79 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:79-80
79-80. Those who may have thought his afflictions an evidence of God's rejection will then be led to return to Him; as the friends of Job did on his restoration, having been previously led through his afflictions to doubt the reality of his religion.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 79 Let those that fear thee - The truly pious. Turn unto me - Seeing thy work upon me, they shall acknowledge me as a brand plucked from the burning.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:73-80

God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and…

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Psalms 119:79 in the original Hebrew

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יָשׁ֣וּבוּya.Shu.vulet them turnH7725
לִ֣יlito me
יְרֵאֶ֑יךָye.re.'Ei.kha[those] fearing youH3373
וְ֝יֹדְעֵ֗יve.yo.de.'Eiand [those who] knowH3045
עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ\׃'e.do.Tei.kha<of> testimonies yourH5713

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:79

  • Psalms 119:74

    They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

  • Psalms 142:7

    Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

  • Psalms 7:7

    So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

  • Psalms 119:63

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let those.
63,74; 7:7; 142:7

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

Context

  • Psalms 119:78

    Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:79

    Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:80

    Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

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Psalms 119:79 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tórnense á mí los que te temen y conocen tus testimonios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que ceux qui te craignent se tournent vers moi, et ceux qui connaissent tes témoignages.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Laß sich zu mir kehren, die dich fürchten und die deine Zeugnisse kennen!