Psalms 119:133

Psalms 119:133 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
• New International Version (NIV)Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Context of Psalms 119:133

131I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments. 132Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name. Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts. 135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.

Psalms 119:133 word by word

פְּ֭עָמַי הָכֵ֣ן בְּאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ וְֽאַל־תַּשְׁלֶט־בִּ֥י כָל־אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear

• Establishכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• wordאִמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · wordH565

Cross-references for Psalms 119:133

• Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
• Psalms 17:5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not.
• Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.
• Psalms 121:3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• 1 Samuel 2:9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• Psalms 19:13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression.
• Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
• Romans 7:23but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.

Commentaries on Psalms 119:133

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 133Order my steps in thy word - My goings, or, my conduct and life - by thy word; according to thy requirements. Let me be wholly obedient to thy will. And let not any iniquity have dominion over me - See the notes at Psalm 19:13. The prayer is, that no form of sin, that no wicked passion or propensity, might be allowed to rule over him. He who is willing that any one sin should rule in his heart, though he should be free from all other forms of sin, cannot…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 131-135131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed I opened my mouth, and panted--as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 119:133

• Desire

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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