Tree of Life Version
Psalms 119:66
66Teach me good sense and knowledge, for I trusted in Your mitzvot.
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 King James Version (NKJV)Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:66
64The earth is full of Your lovingkindness. Adonai—teach me Your decrees. 65You do good to Your servant, Adonai, according to Your word. Teach me good sense and knowledge, for I trusted in Your mitzvot. 67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. 68You are good and keep doing good— teach me Your decrees.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:66 word by word
ט֤וּב טַ֣עַם וָדַ֣עַת לַמְּדֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י בְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ הֶאֱמָֽנְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:66
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may keep Your Torah and observe it with all my heart.
- Psalms 72:1Of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s son.
- 1 Kings 3:9So give Your servant a mind of understanding to judge Your people, to discern between good and evil—for who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”
- Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my mitzvot within you,
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along paths of justice.
- Isaiah 11:2The Ruach of Adonai will rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and insight, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Adonai.
- Judges 3:15But when Bnei-Yisrael cried out to Adonai, Adonai raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud son of Gera the Benjamite—a left-handed man. Now Bnei-Yisrael sent tribute with him to King Eglon of Moab.
- Matthew 13:11And He replied to them, “To you has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
- Philippians 1:9Now this I pray, that your love might overflow still more and more in knowledge and depth of discernment,
- James 3:13Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct let him show his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.
- Psalms 119:128Therefore I esteem all Your precepts as right in every way —every false way I hate.
- Nehemiah 9:13“You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just judgments, reliable laws, and good statutes and mitzvot.
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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