Psalms 119:5
Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; 1 I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
In Context
4Sharpened weapons of the mighty, 1 With coals of the desert. 1
6My soul has long been a sojourner; 1
Cross References
Psalms 51:10But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: 1 I have trusted in the mercy of God 1 Forever, even for evermore. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:5-7
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. We are here taught, 1. To own ourselves under the highest obligations to walk in God's law. The tempter would possess men with an opinion that they are at their liberty whether they will make the word of God their rule or no, that, though it may be good, yet it is not so necessary as they are made to believe it is. He taught our… Read the whole commentary →