Psalms 119:44
So that I may keep your law for ever and ever;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
In Context
43Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.
45So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.
Cross References
Psalms 119:55I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.
Revelation 7:15This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:44-45
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. Here is, 1. David's humble petition for the tongue of the learned, that he might know how to speak a word in season for the glory of God: Take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth. He means, "Lord, let the word of truth be always in my mouth; let me have the wisdom and courage which are necessary to enable me both to use my knowledge for the instruction of… Read the whole commentary →