Psalms 119:5
Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
In Context
4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
Cross References
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
Psalms 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
Hebrews 13:21equip you with every good work to do His will. And may He accomplish in you what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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 →