New Living Translation
Psalms 119:133
133Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil.
Psalms 119:133 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
- New International Version (NIV)Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Context of Psalms 119:133
131I pant with expectation, longing for your commands. 132Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your name. Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by evil. 134Ransom me from the oppression of evil people; then I can obey your commandments. 135Look upon me with love; teach me your decrees.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:133 word by word
פְּ֭עָמַי הָכֵ֣ן בְּאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ וְֽאַל־תַּשְׁלֶט־בִּ֥י כָל־אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:133
- Psalms 119:116Lord, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.
- Psalms 17:5My steps have stayed on your path; I have not wavered from following you.
- Psalms 32:8The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.
- Psalms 121:3He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber.
- 1 Samuel 2:9“He will protect his faithful ones, but the wicked will disappear in darkness. No one will succeed by strength alone.
- Psalms 19:13Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin.
- Romans 6:12Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
- Romans 7:23But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:133
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 133Order my steps in thy word - My goings, or, my conduct and life - by thy word; according to thy requirements. Let me be wholly obedient to thy will. And let not any iniquity have dominion over me - See the notes at Psalm 19:13. The prayer is, that no form of sin, that no wicked passion or propensity, might be allowed to rule over him. He who is willing that any one sin should rule in his heart, though he should be free from all other forms of sin, cannot…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 129-136Verses 129-136 The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They show us the mercy and the justice of the Lord, the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell. Thus they give to the simple, in a few days, understanding of those matters, which philosophers for ages sought in vain. The believer, wearied with the cares of life and his conflicts with sin, pants for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 129-136Pe (פ) is the seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet and marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist prays earnestly for God to speak to him as he suffers from his adversities.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 131-135131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed I opened my mouth, and panted--as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).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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