Psalms 119:26
My ways do I relate [to thee], and thou answerest me: teach me thy statutes.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
In Context
25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: revive thou me according to thy word.
27Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:36Then do thou hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel; for thou wilt teach them the good way wherein they should walk; and give then rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.
Psalms 25:4Show me, O Lord, thy ways; teach me thy paths.
Psalms 27:11Point me out thy way, O Lord! and guide me on a level path, because of those that regard me enviously.
Psalms 38:18(38:19) For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.
Psalms 86:11Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:26
4. DALETH. 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. Here is, I. David's complaint. We should have thought his soul soaring to heaven; but he says himself, My soul not only rolls in the dust, but cleaves to the dust, which is a complaint either, 1. Of his corruptions, his inclination to the world and the body (both which are dust), and that which follows upon it, a deadness to holy duties. When he would do good evil was present with him. God intimated that Adam was not only mortal,… Read the whole commentary →