God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:104
104From your guiding principles I gain understanding. That is why I hate every path that leads to lying.
Psalms 119:104 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
- New International Version (NIV)I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
Context of Psalms 119:104
102I have not neglected your regulations, because you have taught me. 103How sweet the taste of your promise is! It tastes sweeter than honey. From your guiding principles I gain understanding. That is why I hate every path that leads to lying. 105Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. 106I took an oath, and I will keep it. I took an oath to follow your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:104 word by word
מִפִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן שָׂנֵ֤אתִי׀ כָּל־אֹ֬רַח שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:104
- Psalms 119:98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because your commandments are always with me.
- Psalms 119:128I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.
- Psalms 36:4He invents trouble while lying on his bed and chooses to go the wrong direction. He does not reject evil.
- Psalms 97:10Let those who love the Lord hate evil. The one who guards the lives of his godly ones will rescue them from the power of wicked people.
- Psalms 101:3I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior, and twisted speech.
- Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good. Then you will be able to have justice in your courts. Maybe the Lord God of Armies will have pity on the faithful few of Joseph.
- Romans 12:9Love sincerely. Hate evil. Hold on to what is good.
- Psalms 119:29Turn me away from a life of lies. Graciously provide me with your teachings.
- Proverbs 14:12There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.
- Matthew 7:13“Enter through the narrow gate because the gate and road that lead to destruction are wide. Many enter through the wide gate.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 104Through thy precepts I get understanding - Spiritual knowledge increases while we tread in the path of obedience. Obedience is the grand means of growth and instruction. Obedience trades with the talent of grace, and thus grace becomes multiplied.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 104Through thy precepts I get understanding - A true understanding; a correct view of things; a knowledge of thee, of myself, of the human character, of the destiny of man, of the way of salvation - the best, and the only essential knowledge for man. This knowledge the psalmist obtained from the “precepts” of God; that is, all that God had communicated by revelation. This passage expresses in few words what had been said more at length in Psalm 119:98-100…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 97-104Verses 97-104 What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness, attend God in holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 103-104Wisdom is better than the finest food (Psalm 19:10; 81:16). The psalmist had already turned away from the false promises of foolishness (see Psalm 119:18, 78, 86, 163).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 101-104101-104. Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10). NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).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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