God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:133
133Make my steps secure through your promise, and do not let any sin control 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Context of Psalms 119:133
131I open my mouth and pant because I long for your commandments. 132Turn toward me, and have pity on me as you have pledged to do for those who love your name. Make my steps secure through your promise, and do not let any sin control me. 134Save me from human oppression so that I may obey your guiding principles. 135Smile on me, and teach me your laws.
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 119:116Help me God, as you promised, so that I may live. Do not turn my hope into disappointment.
- Psalms 17:5my steps have remained firmly in your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 32:8⌞The Lord says,⌟ “I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.
- Psalms 121:3He will not let you fall. Your guardian will not fall asleep.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He safeguards the steps of his faithful ones, but wicked people are silenced in darkness because humans cannot succeed by their own strength.
- Psalms 19:13Keep me from sinning. Do not let anyone gain control over me. Then I will be blameless, and I will be free from any great offense.
- Romans 6:12Therefore, never let sin rule your physical body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 7:23However, I see a different standard ⌞at work⌟ throughout my body. It is at war with the standards my mind sets and tries to take me captive to sin’s standards which still exist throughout my body.
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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