Psalms 119:168
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee. TAV.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
In Context
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
169Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
Cross References
Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
Psalms 98:8Let the floods clap their hands; Let the hills sing for joy together
Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before 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 →