New King James Version
Psalms 119:112
112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end.
Psalms 119:112 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- New International Version (NIV)My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am determined to keep your decrees to the very end.
Context of Psalms 119:112
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. 111Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, For they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end. 113I hate the double-minded, But I love Your law. 114You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
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נָטִ֣יתִי לִ֭בִּי לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת חֻקֶּ֗יךָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם עֵֽקֶב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:112
- Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.
- Psalms 141:4Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice wicked works With men who work iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
- Joshua 24:23“Now therefore,” he said, “put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord God of Israel.”
- 1 Kings 8:58that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.”
- Philippians 2:13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
- Psalms 119:33Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end.
- 1 Peter 1:13Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- Revelation 2:10Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:112
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 112I have inclined mine heart - I used the power God gave me, and turned to his testimonies with all mine heart. When we work with God, we can do all things.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 112I have inclined mine heart - The Hebrew word means properly “to stretch out”; “to extend” - as the hand. Exodus 8:6, Exodus 8:17. Then it means to incline, to bow, to depress. Here the idea is, that he had “given” that “direction” to the inclinations of his heart; he had resolved or purposed. He refers to an act of choice on his part, meaning that he had preferred this course, or that he had made this a solemn intention. Though every right inclination of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 105-112Verses 105-112 The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way. The keeping of God's commands here meant, was that of a sinner under a dispensation of mercy, of a believer having part in the covenant of grace. The psalmist is often afflicted; but with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 108-112freewill offerings of my mouth: This Hebrew expression is unique in the Old Testament (compare Psalm 50:23). The psalmist is vulnerable to his opponents because of his commitment to a wise life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 111-112111-112. These he joyfully takes as his perpetual heritage, to perform the duties and receive the comforts they teach, evermore. SAMECH. (Psa 119:113-120).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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