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Psalms 139:24
24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalms 139:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- New International Version (NIV)See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Context of Psalms 139:24
22Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
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וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:24
- Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done wrong or am guilty of injustice,
- Psalms 17:3You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say.
- Proverbs 28:26Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is safe.
- Jeremiah 17:9“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
- Hebrews 12:15Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
- Psalms 5:8Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow.
- Psalms 25:8The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
- Psalms 119:1Joyful are people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the Lord.
- Psalms 143:8Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.
- Matthew 7:14But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.
- John 14:6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
- Colossians 2:6And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him.
Commentaries on Psalms 139:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, “way of pain,” or “grief.” The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5, but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9; Isaiah 14:3. The word in the form used here does not occur elsewhere. Gesenius (Lexicon) renders it here idol-worship. DeWette, “way of idols.” Prof. Alexander, “way of pain.” The Septuagint and Vulgate, “way of iniquity.” So Luther. The Syriac, “way of falsehood.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24The path of wisdom leads to eternal life (see Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 4:18; 6:23).Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 24whether there is any vexatious way about me Whether there is a way of vexation and deterioration in me.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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