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Psalm 119:24

Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH

22Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
23Though princes sit and slander me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.
24Indeed your statutes are my delight, and my counselors. DALETH
25My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!
26I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
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God’s statutes are a source of both delight and counsel here, even while the surrounding lines describe slander from princes and a plea for relief.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 40:8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”Both passages express delight in God’s instruction, with Psalm 40 linking that delight to doing his will.
Psalm 19:7The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.God’s instruction supplies counsel in Psalm 119 and makes the simple wise in Psalm 19.
Psalm 119:99I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.Both verses describe God’s revealed instruction as a source of guidance, with meditation linked to understanding in verse 99.
Romans 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,Both speakers express delight in God’s instruction; Romans locates that delight in the inward person.
Psalm 119:92Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.Both verses name God’s instruction as a delight, and verse 92 describes that delight as sustaining the speaker in affliction.
2 Timothy 3:15–17From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.Both texts connect Scripture with wise guidance; Timothy’s passage specifies wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in …Both passages connect God’s word with counsel; Colossians describes believers teaching and admonishing one another through the word of Christ.
Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written …Both passages treat God’s written instruction as guidance, while Joshua emphasizes meditation that leads to obedience.
Isaiah 46:11I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also …The shared thread is counsel associated with God; Isaiah speaks of his plan, while the psalm speaks of his statutes.
Proverbs 6:20–23My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.Both texts value instruction: the psalm names God’s statutes as counselors, while Proverbs urges keeping a father’s commandment and mother’s teaching.
Jeremiah 6:10To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, the LORD’s word has become a …Delight in God’s word is the shared concern: the psalm expresses it, while Jeremiah describes people who have none.
Proverbs 6:22When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.Both passages portray instruction as a speaking companion: counselors in the psalm, and a guide that talks in Proverbs.
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Encouragement

Seeking counsel from God’s statutes need not wait until other voices fall silent. The speaker still faces slander, yet finds delight and guidance in what God has said.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).