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Psalms 119:91
Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, declaring the present reality of His commandments. This statement follows a meditation on God's generational faithfulness and the foundational establishment of the earth.
The words — עָמְדוּ ('a.me.Du) literally means "they stand forth," describing the fixed state of the judgments. עֲבָדֶיךָ ('a.va.Dei./kha) translates as "your servants," identifying all created things as subservient to Him.
The thread — This theme of creation's obedience to divine command appears in Psalms 148:5 and Isaiah 48:13, where summoned elements stand together. Jeremiah 33:25 similarly links God's covenant to the fixed order of day, night, and the heavens.
Why it lands — The text states that all reality operates under established divine ordinances rather than autonomous force. It requires a reader to align their conduct with these unchanging standards instead of relying on shifting circumstances.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Cross-references
- Psalms 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
- Isaiah 48:13 Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- Jeremiah 33:25 This is what the LORD says: If I have not established My covenant with the day and the night and the fixed order of heaven and earth,
- Matthew 8:9 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
- Genesis 8:22 As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Judges 5:20 From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
- Deuteronomy 4:19 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- Joshua 10:12 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”