Psalms 119:129

Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
testimonies	עֵדְוֹתֶ֑יךָ 'e.de.vo.Tei.kha	H5715	testimony · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
wonderful	פְּלָא֥וֹת pe.la.'ot	H6382	a miracle · noun, common feminine plural absolute
soul	נַפְשִֽׁי naf.Shi	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
keep	נְצָרָ֥תַם ne.tza.Ra.tam	H5341	to guard · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Psalms 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psalms 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulnes…
Psalms 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:129

See here how David was affected towards the word of God. 1. He admired it, as most excellent in itself: Thy testimonies are wonderful. The word of God gives us admirable discoveries of God, and Christ, and another world; admirable proofs of divine love and grace. The majesty of the style, the purity of the matter, the harmony of the parts, are all wonderful. Its effects upon the consciences of men, both for conviction and comfort, are wonderful; and it is a sign that we are not acquainted with God's testimonies, or do not understand them, if we do not admire them. 2. He adhered to it as of constant use to him: "Therefore doth my soul keep them, as a treasure of inestimable value, which I can…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:129

PE.--The Seventeenth Part. PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful,.... The Scriptures, which testify of God, his mind and will, are wonderful both with respect to the author of them, the things contained in them, and the use and advantage of them. They give an account of the wonderful works of creation; of their author and matter; of the manner, order, and time of their being wrought: they relate many wonderful events of Providence, both in a way of mercy and judgment; they declare several surprising miracles, wrought by Moses and others, and exhibit many marvellous things in types and figures: are full of prophecies of extraordinary things, have been exactly accomplished, and contain many excee…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:129-136

Psalm 119:129-136 129. ph Thy testimonies are marvelous; therefore my soul hath kept them. 130. ph The entrance of thy words is light, which giveth understanding to the little ones. 131. ph I opened my mouth and panted, because I loved thy commandments. 132. ph Look upon me, and be merciful to me, according to thy judgment towards them that love thy name. 133. ph Direct my steps according to thy word, and let no iniquity have [9] dominion in me. 134. ph Deliver me from the oppression of men; and I will keep thy precepts. 135. ph Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. 136. ph Rivers of waters run from my eyes, because they have not kept thy law. 129. Thy testimo…

The Church Fathers

"Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore hath my soul searched them" (ver. 129). Who counteth, even by their kinds, the testimonies of God? Heaven and earth, His visible and invisible works, declare in some manner the testimony of His goodness and greatness; and the very ordinary and accustomed course of nature, whereby the seasons are rapidly revolved, in all things after their kinds, however temporal and perishable, however held cheap through our constant experience of them, give, if a pious thinker give heed to them, a testimony to the Creator. But which of these is not wonderful, if we measure each not by its habitual presence, but by reason? But if we venture to bring all nature within the comprehensive view of one act of contemplation, doth not that take place in us which the prophet describeth, "I considered Thy works, and trembled"? Yet the Psalmist was not terrified in his wonder at creation, but rather said that this was the reason that he ought to search it, because it was wonderful. For after saying, "Thy testimonies are wonderful," he addeth, "therefore hath my soul searched them;" as if he had become more curious from the difficulty of thoroughly searching them. For the more abstruse are the causes of anything, the more wonderful it is...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Obedience · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Psalms 119:129

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:129

John Gill on Psalms 119:129

John Calvin on Psalms 119:129-136

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:129

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:129

John Gill on Psalms 119:129

John Calvin on Psalms 119:129-136

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:129-136

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:129-136