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Psalms 119:30
30I have chosen to live in the right way. I will continue to obey your rules.
Psalms 119:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
- New International Version (NIV)I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.
Context of Psalms 119:30
28I am so sad that I feel very weak. Use your word to make me strong again. 29Stop me from living in a wrong way. Please be kind to me, so that I know your Law. I have chosen to live in the right way. I will continue to obey your rules. 31Yes, Lord, I will always respect your teaching. Please do not let me become ashamed. 32I want to obey your commands all the time. Help me to understand them more and more.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:30 word by word
דֶּֽרֶךְ־אֱמוּנָ֥ה בָחָ֑רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:30
- Psalms 119:29Stop me from living in a wrong way. Please be kind to me, so that I know your Law.
- Joshua 24:15But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then you should choose another god to worship. Decide today! Will you serve the gods that your ancestors worshipped across the river? Will you serve the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living? You choose! But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.’
- Proverbs 1:29They have refused to learn what is right. They have refused to respect the Lord.
- Luke 10:42But only one thing is really important. That is what Mary has chosen to do. Nobody will take it away from her.’
- John 3:19God's Son has brought light into the world. But some people did not love the light. They loved the dark instead. That was because they were doing evil things. That is why God has decided to punish those people.
- John 8:45As for me, I tell you what is true. And that is why you do not believe me.
- 1 Peter 2:2Instead, you should want to learn about God more and more. New babies always want their mothers' milk, which makes them grow strong. God's true message is like good food that will make you strong in your spirits. Then you will continue to grow as believers so that God saves you.
- 2 John 1:4I was very happy to hear about some of your children. I am happy because they are living in a good way. They are obeying the true message about God. They are doing what God our Father has told us to do.
- Psalms 119:24Yes, your laws make me really happy. They show me the right way to live.
- Deuteronomy 11:18Continue to think carefully about these commands in everything that you do. Tie them as signs onto your hands so that you remember them. Also tie them around your heads.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30I have chosen the way of truth - And that I may continue in its "remove from me the way of lying." See above.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30I have chosen the way of truth - Among all the paths of life I have selected this. I prefer this. I desire to walk in this. Religion is, wherever it exists, a matter of preference or choice; and the friend of God prefers his service to the service of the world. Thy judgments - Thy statutes; thy laws. Have I laid before me - I have set them before my mind as the guide of my conduct; I have made their observance the end and aim of my life.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-32Verses 25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in that way. The penitent…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-32Daleth (ד) is the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The poet feels deep pain and sadness but asks the Lord to give him strength. He wants to follow the Lord. Suffering and death may result from the Lord’s discipline (Psalms 118:17–18; 119:67, 71, 75), but his instruction renews the weary soul (see 119:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3228-32. In order to adhere to His word, we must seek deliverance from temptations to sin as well as from despondency. enlarge--or, "expand" my heart--with gracious affections. HE. (Psa 119:33-40).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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