New King James Version
Psalms 119:45
45And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.
Psalms 119:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will walk in freedom, for I have devoted myself to your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:45
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances. 44So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever. And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts. 46I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed. 47And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:45 word by word
וְאֶתְהַלְּכָ֥ה בָרְחָבָ֑ה כִּ֖י פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ דָרָֽשְׁתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:45
- Psalms 119:133Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
- John 8:30As He spoke these words, many believed in Him.
- James 1:25But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:12So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
- 2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.
- Psalms 119:32I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.
- Psalms 119:19I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.
- Proverbs 2:4If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
- Proverbs 18:1A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 1:13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
- John 5:39You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
- Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45I will walk at liberty - When freed from the present bondage, we shall rejoice in obedience to thy testimonies; we shall delight to keep all thy ordinances.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45And I will walk at liberty - Margin, “at large.” Luther renders it, “freely.” The Septuagint, “in a broad place.” The Hebrew word means “wide, broad, large, spacious.” The reference is to that which is free and open; that in which there are no limits, checks, restraints; where a man does what he pleases. The meaning here is, that he would feel he was free. He would not be restrained by evil passions and corrupt desires. He would be delivered from those…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-48Verses 41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 44-46The psalmist is determined to obey the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 45-4845-48. To freedom from reproach, when imbued with God's truth, there is added "great boldness in the faith" [1Ti 3:13], accompanied with increasing delight in the holy law itself, which becomes an element of happiness.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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