God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:4
4You have commanded that your guiding principles be carefully followed.
Psalms 119:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
- New International Version (NIV)You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
Context of Psalms 119:4
2Blessed are those who obey his written instructions. They wholeheartedly search for him. 3They do nothing wrong. They follow his directions. You have commanded that your guiding principles be carefully followed. 5I pray that my ways may become firmly established so that I can obey your laws. 6Then I will never feel ashamed when I study all your commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:4 word by word
אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:4
- Deuteronomy 4:1Israel, listen to the laws and rules I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you will live and be able to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord God of your ancestors is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:29If only they would fear me and obey all my commandments as long as they live! Then things would go well for them and their children forever.
- Deuteronomy 6:17Be sure to obey the commands of the Lord your God and the regulations and laws he has given you.
- Deuteronomy 11:13If you faithfully obey the commands that I’m giving you today, love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 12:32Be sure to do everything I command you. Never add anything to it or take anything away from it.
- Deuteronomy 28:1Carefully obey the Lord your God, and faithfully follow all his commands that I’m giving you today. If you do, the Lord your God will place you high above all the other nations in the world.
- Deuteronomy 30:16This is what I’m commanding you today: Love the Lord your God, follow his directions, and obey his commands, laws, and rules. Then you will live, your population will increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you’re about to enter and take possession of.
- Joshua 1:7“Only be strong and very courageous, faithfully doing everything in the teachings that my servant Moses commanded you. Don’t turn away from them. Then you will succeed wherever you go.
- Jeremiah 7:23But I did tell them this, ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Live the way I told you to live so that things will go well for you.’
- Matthew 28:20Teach them to do everything I have commanded you. “And remember that I am always with you until the end of time.”
- John 14:15“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers and sisters, keep your thoughts on whatever is right or deserves praise: things that are true, honorable, fair, pure, acceptable, or commendable.
- 1 John 5:3To love God means that we obey his commandments. Obeying his commandments isn’t difficult
Commentaries on Psalms 119:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thy precepts diligently - מאד meod, "superlatively, to the uttermost." God has never given a commandment, the observance of which he knew to be impossible. And to whatsoever he has commanded he requires obedience; and his grace is sufficient for us. We must not trifle with God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou hast commanded - All this is here traced to the command of God; to the fact that he has required it. It is not mere human prudence; it is not mere morality; it is not because it will be for our interest; it is because God requires it. This is the foundation of all true virtue; and until a man acts from this motive it cannot be said that he is in the proper sense a righteous man. To keep thy precepts diligently - Hebrew, “very much;” that is, to do it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4To keep God’s commandments means to guard them by obeying them.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. precepts--are those directions which relate to special conduct, from a word meaning "to inspect." statutes--or ordinances, positive laws of permanent nature. Both words originally denote rather positive than moral laws, such as derive force from the divine appointment, whether their nature or the reasons for them are apprehended by us or not. commandments--or institutions. The term is comprehensive, but rather denotes fundamental directions for…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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