Psalms 119:56 (LSB)

Passage

This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts.

Nearby Context

Psalms 119:54 Your statutes have become my songs In the house of my sojourning.

Psalms 119:55 I remember in the night Your name, O Yahweh, So I keep Your law.

Psalms 119:56 This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts.

Psalms 119:57 Yahweh is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

Psalms 119:58 I have sought to please Your face with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 55's "I remember in the night Your name..." into verse 57's "Yahweh is my portion I have promised...", so "become" and "mine" 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 "become" and "mine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.