New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 119:4
Psalms 119:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
- New International Version (NIV)You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.
Context of Psalms 119:4
2Blessed are those who comply with His testimonies, And seek Him with all their heart. 3They also do no injustice; They walk in His ways. You have ordained Your precepts, That we are to keep them diligently. 5Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes! 6Then I will not be ashamed When I look at all Your commandments.
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אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:4
- Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart in them, to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it would go well with them and with their sons forever!
- Deuteronomy 6:17You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His provisions and His statutes which He has commanded you.
- Deuteronomy 11:13“And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 12:32“Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take anything away from it.
- Deuteronomy 28:1“Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, that the Lord your God will put you high above all the nations of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 30:16in that I am commanding you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you may live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it.
- Joshua 1:7Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may achieve success wherever you go.
- Jeremiah 7:23But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may go well for you.’
- Matthew 28:20teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
- John 14:15“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
- 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thy precepts diligently - מאד meod, "superlatively, to the uttermost." God has never given a commandment, the observance of which he knew to be impossible. And to whatsoever he has commanded he requires obedience; and his grace is sufficient for us. We must not trifle with God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou hast commanded - All this is here traced to the command of God; to the fact that he has required it. It is not mere human prudence; it is not mere morality; it is not because it will be for our interest; it is because God requires it. This is the foundation of all true virtue; and until a man acts from this motive it cannot be said that he is in the proper sense a righteous man. To keep thy precepts diligently - Hebrew, “very much;” that is, to do it…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4To keep God’s commandments means to guard them by obeying them.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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