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Psalms 119:104
104I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
Psalms 119:104 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.
Context of Psalms 119:104
102I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me. 103How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path. 105Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. 106I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:104 word by word
מִפִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן שָׂנֵ֤אתִי׀ כָּל־אֹ֬רַח שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:104
- Psalms 119:98Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
- Psalms 119:128and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.
- Psalms 36:4Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
- Psalms 97:10Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 101:3I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
- Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
- Psalms 119:29Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.
- Proverbs 14:12There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.
- Matthew 7:13“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 104Through thy precepts I get understanding - Spiritual knowledge increases while we tread in the path of obedience. Obedience is the grand means of growth and instruction. Obedience trades with the talent of grace, and thus grace becomes multiplied.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 104Through thy precepts I get understanding - A true understanding; a correct view of things; a knowledge of thee, of myself, of the human character, of the destiny of man, of the way of salvation - the best, and the only essential knowledge for man. This knowledge the psalmist obtained from the “precepts” of God; that is, all that God had communicated by revelation. This passage expresses in few words what had been said more at length in Psalm 119:98-100…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 97-104Verses 97-104 What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness, attend God in holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 103-104Wisdom is better than the finest food (Psalm 19:10; 81:16). The psalmist had already turned away from the false promises of foolishness (see Psalm 119:18, 78, 86, 163).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 101-104101-104. Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10). NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).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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