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Psalms 139:24
24And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalms 139:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- New International Version (NIV)See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Context of Psalms 139:24
22I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
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וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:24
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands,
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
- Proverbs 28:26Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no "root of bitterness" springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
- Psalms 5:8Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
- 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.
- Matthew 7:14For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
- John 14:6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- Colossians 2:6Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
Commentaries on Psalms 139:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, “way of pain,” or “grief.” The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5, but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9; Isaiah 14:3. The word in the form used here does not occur elsewhere. Gesenius (Lexicon) renders it here idol-worship. DeWette, “way of idols.” Prof. Alexander, “way of pain.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “way of iniquity.” So Luther. The Syriac, “way of falsehood.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The path of wisdom leads to eternal life (see Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 4:18; 6:23).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 24whether there is any vexatious way about me Whether there is a way of vexation and deterioration in me.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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