Psalms 119:4

Psalms 119:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
• New International Version (NIV)You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently.

Context of Psalms 119:4

2Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts. 3They do not compromise with evil, and they walk only in his paths. You have charged us to keep your commandments carefully. 5Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees! 6Then I will not be ashamed when I compare my life with your commands.

Psalms 119:4 word by word

אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou hast commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• thy preceptsפִּקּוּדpiqqûd piqqûd · preceptH6490
• diligentlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966

Cross-references for Psalms 119:4

• Deuteronomy 4:1“And now, Israel, listen carefully to these decrees and regulations that I am about to teach you. Obey them so that you may live, so you may enter and occupy the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 5:29Oh, that they would always have hearts like this, that they might fear me and obey all my commands! If they did, they and their descendants would prosper forever.
• Deuteronomy 6:17You must diligently obey the commands of the Lord your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you.
• Deuteronomy 11:13“If you carefully obey the commands I am giving you today, and if you love the Lord your God and serve him with all your heart and soul,
• Deuteronomy 12:32“So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.
• Deuteronomy 28:1“If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.
• Deuteronomy 30:16For I command you this day to love the Lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
• Joshua 1:7Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.
• Jeremiah 7:23This is what I told them: ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!’
• Matthew 28:20Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
• John 14:15“If you love me, obey my commandments.
• Philippians 4:8And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
• 1 John 5:3Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

Commentaries on Psalms 119:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thy precepts diligently - מאד meod, "superlatively, to the uttermost." God has never given a commandment, the observance of which he knew to be impossible. And to whatsoever he has commanded he requires obedience; and his grace is sufficient for us. We must not trifle with God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou hast commanded - All this is here traced to the command of God; to the fact that he has required it. It is not mere human prudence; it is not mere morality; it is not because it will be for our interest; it is because God requires it. This is the foundation of all true virtue; and until a man acts from this motive it cannot be said that he is in the proper sense a righteous man. To keep thy precepts diligently - Hebrew, “very much;” that is, to do it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4To keep God’s commandments means to guard them by obeying them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. precepts--are those directions which relate to special conduct, from a word meaning "to inspect." statutes--or ordinances, positive laws of permanent nature. Both words originally denote rather positive than moral laws, such as derive force from the divine appointment, whether their nature or the reasons for them are apprehended by us or not. commandments--or institutions. The term is comprehensive, but rather denotes fundamental directions for…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 119:4

• Instruction
• Law
• Obedience

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Let

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