Psalms 119:5
Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
In Context
4the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.
6My soul has long been a sojourner.
Cross References
Psalms 51:10But I, like a fruitful olive tree in the house of God, have hoped in the mercy of God unto eternity, and forever and ever.
Romans 7:22For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.
Hebrews 13:21equip you with all goodness, so that you may do his will. May he accomplish in you whatever is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory forever and ever. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:5-7
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. We are here taught, 1. To own ourselves under the highest obligations to walk in God's law. The tempter would possess men with an opinion that they are at their liberty whether they will make the word of God their rule or no, that, though it may be good, yet it is not so necessary as they are made to believe it is. He taught our… Read the whole commentary →