Psalms 119:4

Psalms 119:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You have charged us to keep your commandments carefully.

Context of Psalms 119:4

2Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart— 3they do no wrong but follow his ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. 5Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees! 6Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands.

Psalms 119:4 word by word

אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• thy preceptsפִּקּוּדpiqqûd piqqûd · preceptH6490
• diligentlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Psalms 119:4

• Deuteronomy 4:1Now, Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 5:29Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!
• Deuteronomy 6:17Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you.
• Deuteronomy 11:13So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul—
• Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
• Deuteronomy 28:1If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
• Deuteronomy 30:16For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
• Joshua 1:7“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
• Jeremiah 7:23but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in obedience to all I command you, that it may go well with you.
• Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
• John 14:15“If you love me, keep my commands.
• Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
• 1 John 5:3In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands 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

Topics related to Psalms 119:4

• Instruction
• Law
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Let

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