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Psalms 119:133
133Direct my footsteps in Your word, and let no iniquity get mastery over me.
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 opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for Your mitzvot. 132Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is fitting to those who love Your Name. Direct my footsteps in Your word, and let no iniquity get mastery over me. 134Redeem me from human oppression, and I will keep Your precepts. 135Make Your face shine on Your servant, and 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 119:116Sustain me according to Your word, so I may live, and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- Psalms 17:5My steps have kept on Your paths. My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 32:8“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will give counsel—My eye is on you.
- Psalms 121:3He will not let your foot slip. Your Keeper will not slumber.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His godly ones, but the wicked are silenced in darkness. For one does not prevail by might.
- Psalms 19:13Who can discern his errors? Cleanse me of hidden faults.
- Romans 6:12Therefore do not let sin rule in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 7:23but I see a different law in my body parts, battling against the law of my mind and bringing me into bondage under the law of sin which is in my body parts.
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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