Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to desire for gain.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
In Context
35Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight.
37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:58That he may incline our heart unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
Psalms 51:10(51:12) Create unto me a clean heart, O God; and a firm spirit renew thou within me.
Jeremiah 32:39And I will give them one heart, and one manner, to fear me at all times, that it may be well with them, and with their children after them;
Ezekiel 33:31And then they come unto thee as the people come, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but do not execute them; for as merry songs they carry them in their mouth, while their heart goeth after their unlawful gains.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:36-37
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow his will, and quicken the active powers of his soul, that he might do his duty; for it is God that works in us both to will and to do, as well as to understand, what is good, Phil. ii. 13 . Both the good head and the good heart… Read the whole commentary →