New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 119:34
Psalms 119:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
- New International Version (NIV)Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Context of Psalms 119:34
32I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart. 33Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart. 35Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. 36Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:34 word by word
הֲ֭בִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָ֥ה תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה בְכָל־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:34
- Psalms 119:73Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.
- Psalms 111:10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.
- Job 28:28And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
- Proverbs 2:5Then you will discern the fear of the Lord And discover the knowledge of God.
- John 7:17If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself.
- James 1:5But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
- James 3:13Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
- Deuteronomy 4:6So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
- Matthew 5:19Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 7:24“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- James 1:25But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:8If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
- James 4:11Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34With my whole heart - I will not trifle with my God, I will not divide my affections with the world; God shall have all.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law - Give me right views of it, of its nature and obligation. It is not a prayer that God would give him the faculty of understanding or intelligence; but that he would enable him to take just views of the law. The word is the same as in Psalm 119:27, rendered there, “Make me to understand.” Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart - See Psalm 119:2. I will keep it with undivided affections; I will make it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 33-40Verses 33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-40He (ה) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. As a student, the poet asks his teacher, God, to renew life and to transform disgrace into righteousness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3833-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.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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