Psalms 119:101
From every way of wickedness, have I withheld my feet, that I might keep thy word.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
In Context
100Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
102From thy regulations, have I not turned aside, for, thou, hast directed me.
Cross References
Psalms 18:23So became I blameless with him, and kept myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 119:59I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:126It is time that Yahweh should work, They have frustrated thy law!
Isaiah 53:6We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man—to his way, had we burned,—And Yahweh! caused to light upon him The guilt of, us all!
Jeremiah 2:36How vigorously, thou goest about changing thy way! Even of Egypt, shalt thou be ashamed, just as thou wast ashamed of Assyria:
1 Peter 2:1Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:99-101
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. We have here an account of David's learning, not that of the Egyptians, but of the Israelites indeed. I. The good method by which he got it. In his youth he minded business in the country as a shepherd; from his youth he minded business in the court and camp.… Read the whole commentary →