Psalms 119:166

LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hoped	שִׂבַּ֣רְתִּי si.Bar.ti	H7663	to scrutinize · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
salvation	לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣ li.shu.'a.te.Kha	H3444	something saved · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
done	עָשִֽׂיתִי 'a.Si.ti	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
commandments	וּֽמִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ u.mitz.vo.Tei.kha	H4687	a command · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Genesis 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Psalms 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Psalms 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Psalms 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Psalms 130:5-7 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
1 John 2:3-4 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Psalms 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:166

Here is the whole duty of man; for we are taught, 1. To keep our eye upon God's favour as our end: "Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, not only temporal but eternal salvation. I have hoped for that as my happiness and laid up my treasure in it; I have hoped for it as thine, as a happiness of thy preparing, thy promising, and which consists in being with thee. Hope of this has raised me above the world, and borne me up under all my burdens in it." 2. To keep our eye upon God's word as our rule: I have done thy commandments, that is, I have made conscience of conforming myself to thy will in every thing. Observe here how God has joined these two together, and let no man put them asunder. We…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:166

Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation,.... Either temporal salvation and deliverance from enemies, and from afflictions, which God had promised, and therefore he had reason to hope for; or spiritual and eternal salvation, resolved on in the mind of God, provided in covenant, promised to be wrought out by Christ, and which since has been accomplished; and therefore there is a sufficient foundation to hope for it; and done thy commandments: this was not the cause, ground, and foundation of his hope; for then it would not have been like an anchor, sure and steadfast, but as the hope of the hypocrite, which is as the spider's web; but this was the effect of his hope; because he had a good hope o…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:161-168

Psalm 119:161-168 161. s Princes have persecuted me without a cause; yet my heart hath beer, afraid at thy word 162. s I have rejoiced at thy word as one who hath found great spoil. 163. s I have hated and abhorred deceit; but I have loved thy law. 164. s Seven times a day have I praised thee, because of thy righteous judgments. [32] 165. s Great peace have them that love thy law, and there will be no stumbling-block for them. [33] 166. s Jehovah I have waited for thy salvation and have done thy commandments. 167. s My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceeding. 168. s I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee. 161 Princes have p…

The Church Fathers

"I have waited," he saith, "for Thy saving health, O Lord, and have loved Thy commandments" (ver. 166). For what would it have profited the righteous of old to have loved the commandments of God, save Christ, who is the saving health of God, had freed them; by the gift of whose Spirit also they were able to love the commandments of God? If therefore they who loved God's commandments, waited for His saving health; how much more necessary was Jesus, that is, the saving Health of God, for the salvation of those that did not love His commandments? This prophecy may suit also the Saints of the period since the revelation of grace, and the preaching of the Gospel, for they that love God's commandments look for Christ, that "when Christ, our life, shall appear, we" may then "appear with Him in glory."
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms, 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,…
Hope · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:166

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:166

John Gill on Psalms 119:166

John Calvin on Psalms 119:161-168

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:166

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:166

John Gill on Psalms 119:166

John Calvin on Psalms 119:161-168

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:161-168

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:161-168