God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:66
66Teach me ⌞to use⌟ good judgment and knowledge, because I believe in your commandments.
Psalms 119:66 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:66
64Your mercy, O Lord, fills the earth. Teach me your laws. 65You have treated me well, O Lord, as you promised. Teach me ⌞to use⌟ good judgment and knowledge, because I believe in your commandments. 67Before you made me suffer, I used to wander off, but now I hold on to your word. 68You are good, and you do good things. Teach me your laws.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:66 word by word
ט֤וּב טַ֣עַם וָדַ֣עַת לַמְּדֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י בְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ הֶאֱמָֽנְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:66
- Psalms 119:34Help me understand so that I can follow your teachings. I will guard them with all my heart.
- Psalms 72:1O God, give the king your justice and the king’s son your righteousness
- 1 Kings 3:9Give me a heart that listens so that I can judge your people and tell the difference between good and evil. After all, who can judge this great people of yours?”
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you take my words ⌞to heart⌟ and treasure my commands within you,
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, on the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of advice and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
- Judges 3:15Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. The Lord sent a savior to rescue them. It was Ehud, a left-handed man from the tribe of Benjamin. (Ehud was the son of Gera.) The people sent him with their tax payment to King Eglon of Moab.
- Matthew 13:11Jesus answered, “Knowledge about the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you. But it has not been given to the crowd.
- Philippians 1:9I pray that your love will keep on growing because of your knowledge and insight.
- James 3:13Do any of you have wisdom and insight? Show this by living the right way with the humility that comes from wisdom.
- Psalms 119:128I follow the straight paths of your guiding principles. I hate every pathway that leads to lying.
- Nehemiah 9:13You came from heaven to Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them fair rules, trustworthy teachings, and good laws and commandments.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:66
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge - למדני ודעי טעם טוב tob taam vedaath lammnedeni . Teach me (to have) a good taste and discernment. Let me see and know the importance of Divine things, and give me a relish for them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 66Teach me good judgment - The word here rendered “judgment” means, properly, “taste,” that power by which we determine the quality of things as sweet, bitter, sour, etc. Then it is applied to the mind or understanding, as that by which we determine the moral quality of things, or decide what is right or wrong; wise or foolish; good or evil. Here it means that he desired to have in full exercise the faculty of appreciating what is right, and of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 65-72Verses 65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 65-68Good judgment and knowledge come from wisdom (Psalm 111:10). The psalmist admits he used to wander like a lost sheep (Psalm 119:176). now I keep your word: See Psalm 119:25–29. You are good, and You do what is good: God's character is perfect (Psalm 97:2; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 65-6765-67. The reliance on promises (Psa 119:49) is strengthened by experience of past dealings according with promises, and a prayer for guidance, encouraged by sanctified affliction.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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