God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:79
79Let those who fear you turn to me so that they can come to know your written instructions.
Psalms 119:79 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
- New International Version (NIV)May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let those who fear you turn to me, that they may know your testimonies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies.
Context of Psalms 119:79
77Let your compassion reach me so that I may live, because your teachings make me happy. 78Let arrogant people be put to shame because they lied about me, ⌞yet⌟ I reflect on your guiding principles. Let those who fear you turn to me so that they can come to know your written instructions. 80Let my heart be filled with integrity in regard to your laws so that I will not be put to shame. 81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:79 word by word
יָשׁ֣וּבוּ לִ֣י יְרֵאֶ֑יךָ וְ֝יֹדְעֵ֗י עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:79
- Psalms 119:63I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.
- Psalms 7:7Let an assembly of people gather around you. Take your seat high above them.
- Psalms 142:7Release my soul from prison so that I may give thanks to your name. Righteous people will surround me because you are good to me.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:79
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 79Let those that fear thee - The truly pious. Turn unto me - Seeing thy work upon me, they shall acknowledge me as a brand plucked from the burning.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 79Let those that fear thee turn unto me - Let thy friends be my friends. Let them show me favor, and count me among their companions. If the great and the powerful turn away from me; if they persecute me, and do me wrong; if they cast out my name as evil, and are unwilling to associate with me, yet let thy friends, however poor and humble, regard me with kindness, and reckon me among their number, and I shall be satisfied. And those that have known thy…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 73-80Verses 73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 73-80Yodh (י) is the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. In this prayer for comfort and compassion, the psalmist commits himself to his Creator, who has afflicted him. He wants God to pay back his enemies for the wrongs they have done. He also prays to receive the gift of life. He not only prays for himself but also considers the whole community of the godly, asking that God’s answers to prayer would…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 79-8079-80. Those who may have thought his afflictions an evidence of God's rejection will then be led to return to Him; as the friends of Job did on his restoration, having been previously led through his afflictions to doubt the reality of his religion.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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