Psalms 119:152

Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

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WEBBE

Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever.

BSB

Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.

KJV

Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

ASV

Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.

BBE

I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.

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קֶדֶם ke·dem antiquity H6924 יָדַעְתִּי ya·da'·ti I have known H3045 מֵעֵדֹתֶיךָ me·'e·do·tei·kha from testimonies your H5713 כִּי ki that H3588 לְעוֹלָם le·'o·lam for ever H5769 יְסַדְתָּם ye·sad·tam you have established them H3245

The early church

"From the beginning I have known," he saith, "as concerning Thy testimonies, that Thou hast grounded them for ever" (ver. 152). ...What are these testimonies, save those wherein God hath declared that He will give an everlasting kingdom unto His sons? And since He hath declared that He will give this in His only-begotten Son, he said that the testimonies themselves were grounded for ever. For that which God hath promised through them, was everlasting. And for this reason the words, "Thou hast grounded them," are rightly thus understood, because they are shown to be true in Christ. Whence then did the Psalmist know this in the beginning, save because the Church speaketh, which was not wanting to the earth from the commencement of the human race, the first-fruits whereof was the holy Abel, himself sacrificed in testimony of the future blood of the Mediator that should be shed by a wicked brother? For this also was at the beginning, "They two shall be one flesh:" which great mystery the Apostle Paul expounding, saith, "I speak concerning Christ and the Church."

Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 145–152

Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go but to his father? Save me from my sins, my corruptions, my temptations, all the hinderances in my way, that I may keep thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health, should not suffer the early hours of the morning to glide away unimproved. Hope in God's word encourages us to continue in prayer. It is better to take time from sleep, than not to find time for prayer. We have access to God at all hours; and if our first thoughts in the morning are of God, they will help to keep us in his fear all the day long. Make me lively and cheerful. God knows what we need and what is good for us, and will quicken us. If we are employed in God's service, we need not fear those who try to set themselves as far as they can out of the reach of the convictions and commands of his law. When trouble is near, God is near. He is never far to seek. All his commandments are truth. And God's promises will be performed. All that ever trusted in God have found him faithful.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.