English Standard Version
Psalms 119:10
10With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
Psalms 119:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
- New Living Translation (NLT)I have tried hard to find you— don’t let me wander from your commands.
Context of Psalms 119:10
8I will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me! 9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes!
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בְּכָל־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל־תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי מִמִּצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:10
- Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
- Psalms 78:37Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
- 1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."
- 2 Chronicles 15:15And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
- Jeremiah 3:10Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord."
- Hosea 10:2Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.
- Zephaniah 1:5those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens, those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom,
- Matthew 6:24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
- Colossians 3:22Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
- 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments.
- Psalms 23:3He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.
- Proverbs 2:13who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
- Proverbs 21:16One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10With my whole heart have I sought thee - 4. He must seek God, make earnest prayer and supplication to him for Divine light, for a tender conscience, and for strength to walk uprightly. 5. His whole heart; all his affections must be engaged here, or he cannot succeed. If he keep any affection for the idol or abomination; if his heart do not give it before the Lord, he may make many prayers, but God will answer none of them. 6. He must take care to keep in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10With my whole heart have I sought thee - See the notes at Psalm 119:2. The psalmist in Psalm 119:2 speaks of the “blessedness of those who seek the Lord with the whole heart;” in this verse he says that this blessedness was his. He could affirm that he had thus sought God. He had such a consciousness that this was the aim and purpose of his life that he could say so without hesitation. Every man who claims to be a religious man ought to be able to say…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom and strength, and to depend upon God, proves the purpose of holiness is sincere. God's word is treasure worth laying up, and there is no laying it up safe but in our hearts, that we may oppose God's precepts to the dominion of sin, his promises to its…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The student asks God the teacher to discipline him so that he will not stray.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-16. We must carefully treasure up the word of God, declare it to others, meditate on it, and heartily delight in it; and then by His grace we shall act according to it. GIMEL. (Psa 119:17-24).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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