English Standard Version
Psalms 119:133
133Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil.
Context of Psalms 119:133
131I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments. 132Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name. Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. 134Redeem me from man's oppression, that I may keep your precepts. 135Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:133 word by word
פְּ֭עָמַי הָכֵ֣ן בְּאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ וְֽאַל־תַּשְׁלֶט־בִּ֥י כָל־אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:133
- Psalms 119:116Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
- Psalms 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths; my feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 32:8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
- Psalms 121:3He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
- 1 Samuel 2:9"He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- Psalms 19:13Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
- Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
- Romans 7:23but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells 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
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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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