Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
- KJV Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
- NKJV Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
- NASB I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.
- NLT Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart’s delight.
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Quick answer
He has taken God's testimonies as his permanent heritage, the joy of his heart. The word is his treasured, lasting inheritance.
Overview
The psalmist regards God's testimonies as an everlasting inheritance, more prized than land or wealth, and the very joy of his heart. He has made a deliberate, lasting claim on the word as his portion. This anticipates the believer's imperishable inheritance kept in heaven, secured in Christ who is our true and lasting treasure (1 Pet. 1:4; Matt. 13:44).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
- Ps 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- Ps 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
- Ps 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- 1 Pet 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- Deut 33:4the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
- Ps 119:74May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
- Ps 19:8The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
- Ps 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Heb 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- Ps 119:14I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches.
- Isa 54:17No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- 1 Pet 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- Ps 119:162I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
- Col 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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