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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:171 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:171 |
King James |
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| shall utter--or, "pour out praise" (compare Psa 19:2); shall cause Thy praises to stream forth as from a bubbling, overflowing fountain. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes - The sentiment here is the same as in Psa 119:7. The language is varied, but the meaning here, as in that verse, is, I will praise thee in proportion as I learn thy precepts or thy law. The more I learn of thy will, the more I will praise thee. I shall see more for which to offer praise and adoration, and I shall be more and more inclined to praise and adore time. Each new degree of knowledge will excite a corresponding desire to praise thee. This will be true of all who love God, while this life lasts, and forever. The ever-increasing knowledge of God will excite ever-increasing praise; and as God is infinite and eternal, it follows that the increase of knowledge and of happiness, in those who are saved, will be eternal. These things will go hand in hand forever and ever. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| My lips shall utter praise - תהלה tehillah, a song of praise. |
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.