John Gill Commentary Psalms 119:174

"I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight." — Psalms 119:174 (ASV)

I have longed for your salvation, O Lord
For temporal salvation and deliverance from enemies; and for spiritual and eternal salvation by the Messiah; and for the Messiah himself, the author of it: Kimchi interprets it of the salvation of the soul in the world to come; see (Psalms 119:81) ;

and your law [is] my delight ;
or "delights" ^F14 ; his exceeding great delight, as being pure and perfect, holy, just, and good; a transcript of the divine nature, a revelation of the divine will; as in the hands of Christ, his surety and Saviour, who had engaged to fulfil it for him; and as written in his heart; and as delivered from the curse and condemnation of it, through the suretyship engagements of Christ.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: (yevev) "deliciae meae", Montanus, Tigurine version.