Psalms 119:144
◄Your requirements are/All the things that you have instructed us to do are► always fair; help me to understand them in order that I may continue to live.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 19:9It is good for people to revere Yahweh; that is something that they will do forever. What Yahweh has decided is fair, and it is always right.
Psalms 119:34Help me to understand your laws in order that I may obey them with all my inner being.
Psalms 119:73You created me and formed my body (OR, kept me safe); help me to be wise in order that I may learn ◄your commands/what you have commanded►.
Psalms 119:151But Yahweh, you are near to me, and I know that ◄your commands/what you command► will never be changed.
Psalms 119:169Yahweh, listen while I pray for you to help me; help me to understand ◄your words/what you have told us to do►.
Proverbs 7:2Obey my commands, and as a result you will live a good life. Consider the things that I teach you to be very precious; guard them, just like you protect your eyes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:144-145
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. These two verses are almost a repetition of the two foregoing verses, but with improvement. 1. David again professes his constant adherence to God and his duty, notwithstanding the many difficulties and discouragements he met with. He had said ( v. 141 ), I am small and despised, and yet adhere to my duty. Here he finds himself not… Read the whole commentary →