English Standard Version
Psalms 119:66
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Psalms 119:66 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I believe in your commands; now teach me good judgment and knowledge.
Context of Psalms 119:66
64The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes! 65You have dealt well with your servant, O Lord, according to your word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments. 67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word. 68You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:66 word by word
ט֤וּב טַ֣עַם וָדַ֣עַת לַמְּדֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י בְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ הֶאֱמָֽנְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:66
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
- Psalms 72:1Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
- 1 Kings 3:9Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 11:2And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
- Judges 3:15Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
- Matthew 13:11And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
- Philippians 1:9And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
- Psalms 119:128Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
- Nehemiah 9:13You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
Commentaries on Psalms 119:66
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge - למדני ודעי טעם טוב tob taam vedaath lammnedeni . Teach me (to have) a good taste and discernment. Let me see and know the importance of Divine things, and give me a relish for them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 66Teach me good judgment - The word here rendered “judgment” means, properly, “taste,” that power by which we determine the quality of things as sweet, bitter, sour, etc. Then it is applied to the mind or understanding, as that by which we determine the moral quality of things, or decide what is right or wrong; wise or foolish; good or evil. Here it means that he desired to have in full exercise the faculty of appreciating what is right, and of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 65-72Verses 65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 65-68Good judgment and knowledge come from wisdom (Psalm 111:10). The psalmist admits he used to wander like a lost sheep (Psalm 119:176). now I keep your word: See Psalm 119:25–29. You are good, and You do what is good: God's character is perfect (Psalm 97:2; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 65-6765-67. The reliance on promises (Psa 119:49) is strengthened by experience of past dealings according with promises, and a prayer for guidance, encouraged by sanctified affliction.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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