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Psalms 119:35
35Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
Psalms 119:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- New International Version (NIV)Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
Context of Psalms 119:35
33Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I will [steadfastly] observe it to the end. 34Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law; And observe it with all my heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. 36Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain and envy. 37Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine], And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:35 word by word
הַ֭דְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִ֣יב מִצְוֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּי־ב֥וֹ חָפָֽצְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:35
- Psalms 119:27Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works.
- Ezekiel 36:26Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
- Philippians 2:13For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Psalms 23:3He refreshes and restores my soul (life); He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor, And all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 4:11I have instructed you in the way of [skillful and godly] wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.
- Proverbs 8:20I, [Wisdom, continuously] walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 2:3And many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go out from Zion And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says, “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit), Who leads you in the way that you should go.
- Psalms 119:16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Isaiah 58:13“If you turn back your foot from [unnecessary travel on] the Sabbath, From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, and the holy day of the Lord honorable, And honor it, not going your own way Or engaging in your own pleasure Or speaking your own [idle] words,
- Romans 7:22For I joyfully delight in the law of God in my inner self [with my new nature],
- 1 John 5:3For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].
Commentaries on Psalms 119:35
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Make me to go in the path - That is, Incline me to it; so direct me that I shall thus walk. It is an acknowledgment of his dependence on God, that he might be able to carry out the cherished purposes of his soul. For therein do I delight - See Psalm 119:16. I am conscious of having pleasure in thy commandments; of having a strong desire to keep them, and I pray for grace that I may be able to do it. Real delight in the law of God is one of the best…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-40He (ה) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. As a student, the poet asks his teacher, God, to renew life and to transform disgrace into righteousness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3833-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.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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