Bible Strands
Psalms 119:24
Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God, declaring his reliance on divine instruction while rulers actively slander him. This statement follows his meditation on God's statutes amid political hostility and precedes his plea for revival from a soul pressed to the dust.
The words — The Hebrew עֵדֹתֶיךָ ('E.do.tei.kha) translates literally as "your testimonies," and אַנְשֵׁי עֲצָתִי ('an.Shei 'a.tza.Ti) means "the people of my counsel" or "my counselors." The text directly identifies these testimonies as both his delight and his advisory council.
The thread — This motif appears in Psalms 119:92, where the law functions as sustaining delight during affliction, and corresponds to the New Testament assertion that Scriptures produce wisdom for salvation in 2 Timothy 3:15.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to treat biblical instruction as their primary source of joy and decision-making authority rather than deferring to human opinion or political pressure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:92 If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- 2 Timothy 3:15 From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- Psalms 119:16 I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Psalms 19:11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
- Psalms 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
- Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Psalms 119:77 May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
- Psalms 119:104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.