Psalms 119:152
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Of old have I known from thy testimonies, That thou hast founded them for ever.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I have long had knowledge that your unchanging word is for ever.
Webster's Revision
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
World English Bible
Of old I have known from your testimonies, that you have founded them forever. RESH
English Revised Version (ERV)
Of old have I known from thy testimonies, that thou hast founded them for ever.
Clarke's Psalms 119:152 Bible Commentary
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old - קדם ידעתי kedem yedati, "Long ago I have known concerning thy testimonies." Thou hast designed that thy testimonies should bear reference to, and evidence of, those glorious things which thou hast provided for the salvation of men; and that this should be an everlasting testimony. They continue, and Christ is come.
Barnes's Psalms 119:152 Bible Commentary
Concerning thy testimonies - In regard to all that thou hast testified to as true and best. Every command of God is in fact a testimony of his as to what is right; every promise is a testimony of his own purpose in regard to mankind.
I have known of old - The word used here is a noun, and means properly, "the front," what is "before;" then, the East; then, what pertains to olden time or ancient days - "before" the present. The meaning here is, that he had known this "before" what had now occurred; it was not a new thing - a new experience. It was deeply impressed on his mind as the result of all his reflection and observation.
That thou hast founded them for ever - "From" eternity, and "for" eternity. They were laid in the eternity past; they will continue in the eternity to come. They are based on eternal principles of right; they will never be changed. Such a conviction will do much to keep the soul steady and firm in the trials and uncertainties of life. Whatever may change, God's law does not change; whatever is new, that is not new; whatever will vanish away, that will remain.
Wesley's Psalms 119:152 Bible Commentary
119:152 Of old - By long experience. Founded - Thou hast established them upon everlasting foundations.