I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- BSB I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- NKJV And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love.
- NASB I will delight in Your commandments, Which I love.
- NLT How I delight in your commands! How I love them!
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Cross-references · 17
- Ps 119:48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
- Ps 119:97How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
- Ps 119:127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
- Ps 19:7–10Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
- John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- Ps 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
- Ps 119:174I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight.
- Rom 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Ps 112:1Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
- Ps 119:167My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly.
- Ps 119:140Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
- Job 23:11–12My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
- Rom 7:12Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
- Ps 119:24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALED
- 1 Pet 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
- Phil 2:5Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,
- Rom 7:16But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
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