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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:48 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:48 |
King James |
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in 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] |
| My hands . . . lift up unto . . . commandments--that is, I will prayerfully (Psa 28:2) direct my heart to keep Thy commandments. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments ... - As an expression of delight or rejoicing, as people lift up their hands with their voice when they give expression to joy. It denotes a high statue of joy, such as leads to an outward expression; not merely that which exists in calm contemplation, but where the heart is full, and when it finds outward expression.
And I will meditate in thy statutes - See the notes at Psa 1:2. I will indicate my joy - my happiness - in thy commandments in every way possible; by outward expressions, and by deep and calm contemplation when I am alone; in my daily employments, in solitude, in the night-watches. This is indicative always of true religion. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Lift up - To receive and embrace thy precepts and promises. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| My hands also will I lift up - I will present every victim and sacrifice which the law requires. I will make prayer and supplication before thee, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting. |
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.