Psalms 119:5
Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
In Context
4You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
Cross References
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Psalms 119:36Turn my heart towards your statutes, not towards selfish gain.
Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
Psalms 119:173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
Romans 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,
Hebrews 13:21make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the 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 →