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Psalms 139:24
Psalms 139:24 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Context of Psalms 139:24
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 139:24
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
- Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
- Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Hebrews 12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Psalms 5:8Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
- Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- Colossians 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Commentaries on Psalms 139:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, “way of pain,” or “grief.” The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5, but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9; Isaiah 14:3. The word in the form used here does not occur elsewhere. Gesenius (Lexicon) renders it here idol-worship. DeWette, “way of idols.” Prof. Alexander, “way of pain.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “way of iniquity.” So Luther. The Syriac, “way of falsehood.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The path of wisdom leads to eternal life (see Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 4:18; 6:23).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 24whether there is any vexatious way about me Whether there is a way of vexation and deterioration in me.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Psalms 139:24 wicked…: Heb. way of pain, or, grief ↩
Commentaries on Psalms 139
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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