Psalms 119:4
Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
In Context
3Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
5Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
Cross References
Exodus 7:6So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, euen so did they.
Deuteronomy 4:9But take heede to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes:
Deuteronomy 6:3Heare therefore, O Israel, and take heede to doe it, that it may go well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily in the land that floweth with milke and hony, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
Deuteronomy 11:13If yee shall hearken therefore vnto my commandements, which I commaund you this day, that yee loue the Lord your God and serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule,
Deuteronomy 12:32Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom.
Deuteronomy 30:16In that I commaund thee this day, to loue the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his commandements, and his ordinances, and his lawes, that thou mayest liue, and be multiplied, and that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:2-4
1. ALEPH. 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord . 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. The psalmist here shows that godly people are happy people; they are, and shall be, blessed indeed. Felicity is the thing we all pretend to aim at and pursue. He does not say here wherein it consists; it is enough for us to know what we must do and be that we may attain to it, and that we are here… Read the whole commentary →