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Psalms 139:24
24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Context of Psalms 139:24
22I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. 23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:24
- Psalms 7:3Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—
- Psalms 17:3Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
- Proverbs 28:26Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
- Psalms 5:8Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies— make your way straight before me.
- Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.
- Psalms 143:8Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.
- Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
- Colossians 2:6So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,
Commentaries on Psalms 139:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, “way of pain,” or “grief.” The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5, but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9; Isaiah 14:3. The word in the form used here does not occur elsewhere. Gesenius (Lexicon) renders it here idol-worship. DeWette, “way of idols.” Prof. Alexander, “way of pain.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “way of iniquity.” So Luther. The Syriac, “way of falsehood.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The path of wisdom leads to eternal life (see Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 4:18; 6:23).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 24whether there is any vexatious way about me Whether there is a way of vexation and deterioration in me.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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