Psalms 119:5
Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
In Context
4Thou hast commanded to keepe thy precepts diligently.
6Then should I not be confounded, when I haue respect vnto all thy commandements.
Cross References
Psalms 51:10Create in mee a cleane heart, O God, and renue a right spirit within me.
Psalms 119:36Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse.
Psalms 119:131I opened my mouth and panted, because I loued thy commandements.
Psalms 119:173Let thine hand helpe me: for I haue chosen thy precepts.
Romans 7:22For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner man:
Hebrews 13:21Make you perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, 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 →