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Psalms 119:34
34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
Psalms 119:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Context of Psalms 119:34
32I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end. Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart. 35Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:34 word by word
הֲ֭בִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָ֥ה תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה בְכָל־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:34
- Psalms 119:73YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
- Psalms 111:10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do [his precepts]: his praise abideth for ever.
- Job 28:28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Proverbs 2:5then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God.
- John 7:17If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [that] I speak from myself.
- James 1:5But if any one of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all freely and reproaches not, and it shall be given to him:
- James 3:13Who [is] wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;
- Deuteronomy 4:6And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Matthew 5:19Whosoever then shall do away with one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whosoever shall practise and teach [them], he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens.
- Matthew 7:24Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;
- James 1:25But he that fixes his view on [the] perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in [it], being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of [the] work, he shall be blessed in his doing.
- James 2:8If indeed ye keep [the] royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well.
- James 4:11Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.
- Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34With my whole heart - I will not trifle with my God, I will not divide my affections with the world; God shall have all.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law - Give me right views of it, of its nature and obligation. It is not a prayer that God would give him the faculty of understanding or intelligence; but that he would enable him to take just views of the law. The word is the same as in Psalm 119:27, rendered there, “Make me to understand.” Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart - See Psalm 119:2. I will keep it with undivided affections; I will make it…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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