Psalms 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
In Context
105NUN. A lamp unto my feet is thy word, and a light unto my path.
107I am afflicted exceedingly much: O Lord, revive me, according to thy word.
Cross References
Joshua 24:16And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;
2 Chronicles 15:13So that whosoever would not seek the Lord the God of Israel should be put to death, from the small even up to the great, whether it be man or woman.
Nehemiah 10:29(10:30) Held firmly with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through means of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commandments of the Eternal One, our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
Psalms 56:12(56:13) Upon me, O God, [rest] thy vows: I will pay thanksgiving offerings unto thee.
Psalms 119:115Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:106
14. NUN. 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Observe here, 1. The nature of the word of God, and the great intention of giving it to the world; it is a lamp and a light. It discovers to us, concerning God and ourselves, that which otherwise we could not have known; it shows us what is amiss, and will be dangerous; it directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. It is a lamp which we may set up by us, and take into our hands for our own… Read the whole commentary →