Psalms 119:27
Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts, that I may talk of Thy wondrous works.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
In Context
26I told of my ways, and Thou didst answer me; teach me Thy statutes.
28My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according unto Thy word.
Cross References
Exodus 13:14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: What is this? that thou shalt say unto him: By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Psalms 71:17O God, Thou hast taught me from my youth; and until now do I declare Thy wondrous works.
Psalms 78:4We will not hide from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done.
Psalms 111:4He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:27-28
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. We have here, 1. The great intimacy and freedom that had been between David and his God. David had opened his case, opened his very heart to God: " I have declared my ways, and acknowledged thee in them all, have taken thee along with me in all my designs and enterprises." Thus Jephthah uttered all his words, and Hezekiah spread his letters, before the… Read the whole commentary →