New King James Version
Psalms 119:66
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.
Psalms 119:66 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I believe in your commands; now teach me good judgment and knowledge.
Context of Psalms 119:66
64The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes. 65You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments. 67Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word. 68You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:66 word by word
ט֤וּב טַ֣עַם וָדַ֣עַת לַמְּדֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י בְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ הֶאֱמָֽנְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:66
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
- Psalms 72:1Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
- 1 Kings 3:9Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,
- Proverbs 8:20I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
- Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
- Matthew 13:11He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
- Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
- James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom.
- Psalms 119:128Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.
- Nehemiah 9:13“You came down also on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven, And gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:66
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 66Teach me good judgment and knowledge - למדני ודעי טעם טוב tob taam vedaath lammnedeni . Teach me (to have) a good taste and discernment. Let me see and know the importance of Divine things, and give me a relish for them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 66Teach me good judgment - The word here rendered “judgment” means, properly, “taste,” that power by which we determine the quality of things as sweet, bitter, sour, etc. Then it is applied to the mind or understanding, as that by which we determine the moral quality of things, or decide what is right or wrong; wise or foolish; good or evil. Here it means that he desired to have in full exercise the faculty of appreciating what is right, and of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 65-72Verses 65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 65-68Good judgment and knowledge come from wisdom (Psalm 111:10). The psalmist admits he used to wander like a lost sheep (Psalm 119:176). now I keep your word: See Psalm 119:25–29. You are good, and You do what is good: God's character is perfect (Psalm 97:2; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 65-6765-67. The reliance on promises (Psa 119:49) is strengthened by experience of past dealings according with promises, and a prayer for guidance, encouraged by sanctified affliction.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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