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Psalms 139:24
24And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 139:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- New International Version (NIV)See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Context of Psalms 139:24
22I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. 23Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:24 word by word
וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 139:24
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands,
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me]; I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
- Proverbs 28:26He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool, But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.
- Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things And it is extremely sick; Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
- Psalms 5:8O Lord, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight (direct, right) before me.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.
- Psalms 119:1How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless], Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, For I trust in You. Teach me the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my soul to You.
- Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
- Colossians 2:6Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin],
Commentaries on Psalms 139:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, “way of pain,” or “grief.” The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5, but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9; Isaiah 14:3. The word in the form used here does not occur elsewhere. Gesenius (Lexicon) renders it here idol-worship. DeWette, “way of idols.” Prof. Alexander, “way of pain.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “way of iniquity.” So Luther. The Syriac, “way of falsehood.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The path of wisdom leads to eternal life (see Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 4:18; 6:23).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 24whether there is any vexatious way about me Whether there is a way of vexation and deterioration in me.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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