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Psalms 119:145
145I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord! I will observe Your statutes.
Psalms 119:145 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.
- New International Version (NIV)I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord, and I will obey your decrees.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes.
Context of Psalms 119:145
143Trouble and anguish have found me, Yet Your commandments are my delight and my joy. 144Your righteous testimonies are everlasting; Give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] that I may live. I cried with all my heart; answer me, O Lord! I will observe Your statutes. 146I cried to You; save me And I will keep Your testimonies. 147I rise before dawn and cry [in prayer] for help; I wait for Your word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:145 word by word
קָרָ֣אתִי בְכָל־לֵ֭ב עֲנֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֗ה חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶצֹּֽרָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:145
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You]; Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].
- Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; Listen to my prayer.
- Psalms 62:8Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 86:4Make Your servant rejoice, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul [all that I am—in prayer].
- Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry for help come to You!
- Psalms 142:1I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 1:10Hannah was greatly distressed, and she prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.
- Jeremiah 29:13Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Psalms 119:44I will keep Your law continually, Forever and ever [writing Your precepts on my heart].
Commentaries on Psalms 119:145
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 145I cried with my whole heart - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Koph (ק q ), answering to our letter “k.” The expression “I cried with my whole heart” means that he did it earnestly, fervently. He had no divided wishes when he prayed. Not always is this so, even with good people. They sometimes offer a form of prayer, that they may be spiritually-minded, when their hearts are intensely worldly, and they would be…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 145-152Verses 145-152 Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go but to his father? Save me from my sins, my corruptions, my temptations, all the hinderances in my way, that I may keep thy testimonies. Christians who enjoy health, should not suffer the early hours of the morning to glide away unimproved. Hope in God's word encourages us to continue in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 145-148I rise and anticipate translate the same Hebrew verb.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 145-149145-149. An intelligent devotion is led by divine promises and is directed to an increase of gracious affections, arising from a contemplation of revealed truth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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