English Standard Version
Psalms 119:45
45and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.
Psalms 119:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:45
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your rules. 44I will keep your law continually, forever and ever, and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts. 46I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame, 47for I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:45 word by word
וְאֶתְהַלְּכָ֥ה בָרְחָבָ֑ה כִּ֖י פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ דָרָֽשְׁתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:45
- Psalms 119:133Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
- Luke 4:18"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
- John 8:30As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
- James 1:25But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
- James 2:12So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.
- 2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
- Psalms 119:32I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
- Psalms 119:19I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me!
- Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
- Proverbs 18:1Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 1:13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
- John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
- Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45I will walk at liberty - When freed from the present bondage, we shall rejoice in obedience to thy testimonies; we shall delight to keep all thy ordinances.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45And I will walk at liberty - Margin, “at large.” Luther renders it, “freely.” The Septuagint, “in a broad place.” The Hebrew word means “wide, broad, large, spacious.” The reference is to that which is free and open; that in which there are no limits, checks, restraints; where a man does what he pleases. The meaning here is, that he would feel he was free. He would not be restrained by evil passions and corrupt desires. He would be delivered from those…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-46The psalmist is determined to obey the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4845-48. To freedom from reproach, when imbued with God's truth, there is added "great boldness in the faith" [1Ti 3:13], accompanied with increasing delight in the holy law itself, which becomes an element of happiness.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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