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Psalm 119:14–16

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119:14I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules17

as if18 they were riches of all kinds.19

119:15I will meditate on20 your precepts

and focus21 on your behavior.22

119:16I find delight23 in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions.24

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Footnotes

  1. 17 Heb “in the way of your rules.”
  2. 18 Heb “as upon,” meaning “as if” (see 2 Chr 32:19).
  3. 19 Heb “all wealth.” The phrase refers to all kinds of wealth and riches. See Prov 1:13; 6:31; 24:4; Ezek 27:12, 18.
  4. 20 The cohortative verbal forms in this verse express the psalmist’s resolve.
  5. 21 Heb “gaze [at].”
  6. 22 Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).
  7. 23 The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight … I will not forget.”
  8. 24 Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew as well as the read the plural here.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the way of your testimonies I delight

as much as in all riches.

I will meditate on your precepts

and fix my eyes on your ways.

I will delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I rejoice in following your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.

I meditate on your precepts

and consider your ways.

I delight in your decrees;

I will not neglect your word.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I rejoice in the way revealed by your decrees

as much as in all riches.

I will meditate on your precepts

and think about your ways.

I will delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have rejoiced in your laws

as much as in riches.

I will study your commandments

and reflect on your ways.

I will delight in your decrees

and not forget your word.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In the way of your testimonies I have rejoiced

as I would over all riches.

I will meditate on your precepts

and look at your ways.

I will take delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

KJV 1900King James Version

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,

As much as in all riches.

I will meditate in thy precepts,

And have respect unto thy ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes:

I will not forget thy word.