New American Standard Bible (©1995) Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous ordinances.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous regulations. King James Bible Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Jump to Previous Occurrence Decisions Judgments Laws Ordinances Praise Praised Righteous Righteousness Seven Times Upright Jump to Next Occurrence Decisions Judgments Laws Ordinances Praise Praised Righteous Righteousness Seven Times Upright Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 164 David, in this psalm, is full of complaints, yet those did neither jostle out his praises nor put him out of tune for them; whatever condition a child of God is in he does not want matter for praise and therefore should not want a heart. See here, 1. How often David praised God-Seven times a day, that is, very frequently, not only every day, but often every day. Many think that once a week will serve, or once or twice a day, but David would praise God seven times a day at least. Praising God is a duty which we should very much abound in. We must praise God at every meal, praise him upon all occasions, in every thing give thanks. We should praise God seven times a day, for the subject can never be exhausted and our affections should never be tired. See v. 62. 2. What he praised God for-because of thy righteous judgments. We must praise God for his precepts, which are all just and good, for his promises and threatenings and the performance of both in his providence. We are to praise God even for our afflictions, if through grace we get good by them. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a Because day for I laws of ordinances praise righteous Seven times you your Bible Browser |