Psalms 119:56 (GNV)

Passage

This I had because I kept thy precepts.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:54 Thy statutes haue beene my songes in the house of my pilgrimage.

Psalms 119:55 I haue remembred thy Name, O Lord, in the night, and haue kept thy Lawe.

Psalms 119:56 This I had because I kept thy precepts.

Psalms 119:57 CHETH. O Lord, that art my portion, I haue determined to keepe thy wordes.

Psalms 119:58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promise.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kept" and "precepts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kept" and "precepts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 55's "I haue remembred thy Name O Lord..." into verse 57's "CHETH O Lord that art my portion...", so "kept" and "precepts" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "kept" and "precepts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.