Psalms 119:168
I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
In Context
167My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.
169TAU Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word.
Cross References
Job 34:21For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
Psalms 98:8Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together,
Proverbs 5:21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
Hebrews 4:13And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:168-169
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. David's conscience here witnesses for him, I. That his practices were good. 1. He loved God's testimonies, he loved them exceedingly. Our love to the word of God must be a superlative love (we must love it better than the wealth and pleasure of this world), and it must be a victorious love, such as will subdue and mortify our lusts and extirpate carnal affections.… Read the whole commentary →