Psalms 119:35
I am happy with ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, so ◄lead me along the paths/enable me to walk on the road► that you have chosen for me.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
In Context
34Help me to understand your laws in order that I may obey them with all my inner being.
36Cause me to want to obey your rules and not to want to become rich.
Cross References
Psalms 1:2Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night.
Psalms 25:4Yahweh, show me the way that I should ◄conduct my life/live as you want me to►, teach me how to act in the manner that you want me to act/behave.
Psalms 119:27Help me to understand ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and then I will ◄meditate on/think about► the wonderful things that you have done.
Psalms 119:173I ask you [SYN] to always be ready to help me because I have chosen to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►.
Proverbs 4:11I am teaching you the way to live wisely; I am showing you how to act justly toward others.
Proverbs 8:20I always do what is righteous and just/fair.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:34-35
5. HE. 33 Teach me, O Lord , the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Here, I. David prays earnestly that God himself would be his teacher; he had prophets, and wise men, and priests, about him, and was himself well instructed in the law of God, yet he begs to be taught of God, as knowing that none teaches like him, Job xxxvi. 22 . Observe here, 1. What he desires to be taught, not the notions or… Read the whole commentary →