New English Translation
Psalms 119:45
45I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.
Psalms 119:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:45
43Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice. 44Then I will keep your law continually now and for all time. I will be secure, for I seek your precepts. 46I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed. 47I will find delight in your commands, which I love.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:45 word by word
וְאֶתְהַלְּכָ֥ה בָרְחָבָ֑ה כִּ֖י פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ דָרָֽשְׁתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:45
- Psalms 119:133Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,
- John 8:30While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.
- James 1:25But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:12Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
- 2 Peter 2:19Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
- Psalms 119:32I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so. ה (He)
- Psalms 119:19I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!
- Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
- Proverbs 18:1One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 1:13I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.
- John 5:39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
- Ephesians 5:17For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45I will walk at liberty - When freed from the present bondage, we shall rejoice in obedience to thy testimonies; we shall delight to keep all thy ordinances.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45And I will walk at liberty - Margin, “at large.” Luther renders it, “freely.” The Septuagint, “in a broad place.” The Hebrew word means “wide, broad, large, spacious.” The reference is to that which is free and open; that in which there are no limits, checks, restraints; where a man does what he pleases. The meaning here is, that he would feel he was free. He would not be restrained by evil passions and corrupt desires. He would be delivered from those…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-46The psalmist is determined to obey the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4845-48. To freedom from reproach, when imbued with God's truth, there is added "great boldness in the faith" [1Ti 3:13], accompanied with increasing delight in the holy law itself, which becomes an element of happiness.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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