Psalms 119:80
Let all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
In Context
79Let your worshippers be turned to me, and those who have knowledge of your words.
81CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:16Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.
2 Chronicles 15:17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.
2 Chronicles 31:20This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.
Psalms 25:21For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Psalms 119:6Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
Ezekiel 11:9I will make you come out from inside the town and will give you up into the hands of men from other lands, and will be judge 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 →