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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:47

In 11 translations

BSB
I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
KJV
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
WEB
I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
ASV
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
LSV
And I delight myself in Your commands, || That I have loved,
YLT
And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
DBY
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
DRC118:47
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
GNV
And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
JPS
And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved.
LXXE118:47
And I meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.Or, exercised myself in.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע בְּמִצְוֺתֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהָֽבְתִּי׃
LXX-Br118:47
Καὶ ἐμελέτων ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς σου, αἷς ἠγάπησα σφόδρα.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 119:48I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
  • Psalms 119:97Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
  • Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
  • Psalms 19:7–10The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are…
  • John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  • Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
  • Psalms 119:174I long for Your salvation, O LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  • Job 23:11–12My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside. I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
  • Psalms 119:167I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
  • Psalms 119:140Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
  • Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
  • Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  • Psalms 119:24Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
  • 1 Peter 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
  • Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
  • Romans 7:16And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

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