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Psalms 119:35
35Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
Psalms 119:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found.
Context of Psalms 119:35
33Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end. 34Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. 36Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. 37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:35 word by word
הַ֭דְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִ֣יב מִצְוֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּי־ב֥וֹ חָפָֽצְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:35
- Psalms 119:27Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
- Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Philippians 2:13for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Psalms 23:3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 4:11I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 2:3Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Psalms 119:16I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.
- Isaiah 58:13“If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law;
- 1 John 5:3In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
Commentaries on Psalms 119:35
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Make me to go in the path - That is, Incline me to it; so direct me that I shall thus walk. It is an acknowledgment of his dependence on God, that he might be able to carry out the cherished purposes of his soul. For therein do I delight - See Psalm 119:16. I am conscious of having pleasure in thy commandments; of having a strong desire to keep them, and I pray for grace that I may be able to do it. Real delight in the law of God is one of the best…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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