Psalms 1:2

In 11 translations

BSB

But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

KJV

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

WEB

but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

ASV

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

LSV

But his delight [is] in the Law of YHWH, || And in His law he meditates by day and by night:

YLT

But — in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

DBY

But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

DRC

But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

GNV

But his delite is in the Lawe of the Lord, and in his Lawe doeth he meditate day and night.

JPS

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

LXXE

But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.Gr. will.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י אִ֥ם בְּתוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֗ה חֶ֫פְצ֥וֹ וּֽבְתוֹרָת֥וֹ יֶהְגֶּ֗ה יוֹמָ֥ם וָלָֽיְלָה׃

LXX-Br

ʼΑλλʼ ἢ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός.

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• Joshua 1:8This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
• Psalms 119:92If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
• Psalms 119:11I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
• Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
• Psalms 119:97–99Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation. Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
• Psalms 119:15–16I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
• Jeremiah 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.
• Psalms 119:35Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.
• Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
• Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
• Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
• Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
• 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
• 1 Timothy 4:15Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.
• Psalms 119:47–48I delight in Your commandments because I love them. I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
• Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

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