Psalms 119:5
O to be steadily guided in the keeping of your statutes!
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
In Context
4You yourself have appointed your precepts to be kept with diligence.
6Then unashamed shall I be, when I look towards all your commandments.
Cross References
Psalms 51:10Create me a clean heart, O God, put a new steadfast spirit within me.
Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to your charges, and not to greed of gain.
Psalms 119:131With open mouth I pant with longing for your commandments.
Psalms 119:173Let your hand be ready to help me, for your precepts have been my choice.
Romans 7:22At heart I delight in the Law of God;
Hebrews 13:21may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever 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 →