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Psalms 119:108
108Lord, please accept the praise that I choose to offer to you. Teach me your rules.
Psalms 119:108 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.
- New International Version (NIV)Accept, Lord, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your rules.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me Your judgments.
Context of Psalms 119:108
106I have made a strong promise that I will always obey your righteous rules. 107I have a lot of trouble and pain. Lord, please keep me safe, as you have promised to do. Lord, please accept the praise that I choose to offer to you. Teach me your rules. 109My life is always in danger, but I never forget your Law. 110Wicked people try to catch me in a trap, but I do not turn away from your teaching.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:108 word by word
נִדְב֣וֹת פִּ֭י רְצֵה־נָ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:108
- Numbers 29:39You must offer those gifts to the Lord at the times of the feasts. You must do that even if you have given your usual burnt offering, grain offerings, drink offerings or friendship offerings. And you must do it even if you have given other offerings. You might have given those other offerings because you wanted to give them. Or you might have given them because you had promised to give them.” ’
- Hosea 14:2Return to the Lord and pray to him! Say to him, ‘Please forgive all our sins. Be kind to us as we come to you. We will praise you with our mouths, as our sacrifice to you.
- Hebrews 13:15So we should always praise God, because of what Jesus has done for us. We should say clearly that we trust Jesus. That is like our sacrifice which we offer to God all the time.
- Psalms 119:12Lord, everyone should praise you! Please teach me your laws.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:108
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 108The freewill-offerings of my mouth - פי נדבות nidboth pi, the voluntary offerings which I have promised. Or, As we are in captivity, and cannot sacrifice to thee, but would if we could; accept the praises of our mouth, and the purposes of our hearts, instead of the sacrifices and offerings which we would bring to thy altar, but cannot.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 108Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will offerings of my mouth - Or, the meaning of the word here rendered “free-will,” see the notes at Psalm 110:3. It conveys the idea that there is no constraint or compulsion; that the offering is a prompting of the heart. The offering might be that of flour, or grain, or fruits, or property of any kind, as devoted to God; or it might be, as here, an offering of the lips, expressed in prayer and praise. Either of them…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 105-112Verses 105-112 The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way. The keeping of God's commands here meant, was that of a sinner under a dispensation of mercy, of a believer having part in the covenant of grace. The psalmist is often afflicted; but with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 108-112freewill offerings of my mouth: This Hebrew expression is unique in the Old Testament (compare Psalm 50:23). The psalmist is vulnerable to his opponents because of his commitment to a wise life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 106-108106-108. Such was the national covenant at Sinai and in the fields of Moab.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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