Psalms 119:80
Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes that I be not put to shame.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
In Context
79Let those who fear thee turn to me, and they shall know thy testimonies.
81My soul faints for thy salvation. I hope in thy word.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:16This day LORD thy God commands thee to do these statutes and ordinances. Thou shall therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Chronicles 31:20And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah. And he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before LORD his God.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.
Psalms 119:6Then I shall not be put to shame when I have respect for all thy commandments.
Ezekiel 11:9And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:79-80
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Here David shows, I. How little he valued the will—will of sinners. There were those that dealt perversely with him, that were peevish and ill-conditioned towards him, that sought advantages against him, and misconstrued all he said and did. Even those that deal most fairly may meet with those that deal perversely.… Read the whole commentary →