God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:5
5I pray that my ways may become firmly established so that I can obey your laws.
Psalms 119:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
- New International Version (NIV)Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!
Context of Psalms 119:5
3They do nothing wrong. They follow his directions. 4You have commanded that your guiding principles be carefully followed. I 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. 7I will give thanks to you as I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:5 word by word
אַ֭חֲלַי יִכֹּ֥נוּ דְרָכָ֗י לִשְׁמֹ֥ר חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:5
- Psalms 119:32I will eagerly pursue your commandments because you continue to increase my understanding.
- Psalms 51:10Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Romans 7:22I take pleasure in God’s standards in my inner being.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6Brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ we order you not to associate with any believer who doesn’t live a disciplined life and doesn’t follow the tradition you received from us.
- Hebrews 13:21May this God of peace prepare you to do every good thing he wants. May he work in us through Jesus Christ to do what is pleasing to him. Glory belongs to Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5O that my ways were directed - "I wish that my way may be confirmed to keep thy statutes." Without thee I can do nothing; my soul is unstable and fickle; and it will continue weak and uncertain till thou strengthen and establish it.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5O that my ways were directed - Indicating the desire of the pious heart. That desire - a prevailing, constant, uniform desire - is to keep the law of God. It is the aim of the life; it is the supreme purpose of the soul; it is the ruling wish of the man, thus to keep the law of God. He in whose bosom this is not the constant wish cannot be a pious man. The Hebrew particle used here, and rendered “O that,” is a particle denoting a wish, or an earnest…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8Aleph (א) is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 119 is written as an acrostic poem. Each section has eight verses, and every verse in that section begins with the same Hebrew letter. The first section begins with Aleph. God, the author of these instructions, commands that his followers live by them. The psalmist prays to be given the grace to live by that revelation.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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