Psalms 119 · Verse 92

Psalms 119:92

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Psalms 119:92, King James Version

Psalms 119:92 in other translations

BSBIf Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
WEBUnless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
ASVUnless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
YLTUnless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
DARBYUnless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
BBEIf your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.
WebsterUnless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.

What does Psalms 119:92 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:92-94
92-94. Hence the pious are encouraged and inclined to seek a knowledge of it, and persevere amidst the efforts of those planning and waiting to destroy them. my delights--plural, not merely delight, but equal to all other delights.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 92 Unless thy law had been my delights - Had we not had the consolations of religion, we should long ago have died of a broken heart.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:89-96

The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the creatures answer the ends of their creation: shall man, who alone is endued with reason, be the only unprofitable burden of the earth? We may make the Bible a pleasant companion at any time. But the word, without the grace of…

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Psalms 119:92 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.

לוּלֵ֣יlu.Leiif notH3884
ת֭וֹרָתְךָTo.ra.te.khalaw yourH8451
שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑יsha.'a.shu.'Ai[had been] delight<s> myH8191
אָ֝֗ז'AzthenH227
אָבַ֥דְתִּי'a.Vad.tiI perishedH6
בְעָנְיִֽי\׃ve.'a.ne.Yiin affliction myH6040

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:92

  • Romans 15:4

    For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  • Proverbs 6:22-23

    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 119:143

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

  • Psalms 94:18-19

    When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  • Psalms 119:77

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

  • Psalms 119:24

    Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

  • Psalms 27:13

    I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy law.
24,77,143; Ro 15:4
I should.
27:13; 94:18,19; Pr 6:22,23

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

Context

  • Psalms 119:91

    They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

  • Psalms 119:92

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

  • Psalms 119:93

    I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

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Psalms 119:92 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si tu ley no hubiese sido mis delicias, ya en mi aflicción hubiera perecido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si ta loi n’avait fait mes délices, j’aurais péri dans mon affliction.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wäre nicht dein Gesetz meine Wonne gewesen, dann würde ich umgekommen sein in meinem Elende.