Psalms 119:26
My ways, I recounted, and thou didst answer me, Teach me thy statutes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
In Context
25[DALETH.] My soul, cleaveth to the dust, Give me life, according to thy word.
27The way of thy precepts, cause thou me to understand, and I will indeed meditate in thy wonders.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:36then wilt, thou thyself, hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou mayest teach them the good way, wherein they should walk,—and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people, for an inheritance?
2 Kings 20:3I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee, in truth, and with a whole heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done! And Hezekiah wept aloud.
Psalms 25:4Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me:
Psalms 27:11Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way,—And guide me in a level path, because of mine adversaries.
Psalms 38:18For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
Psalms 86:11Point out to me, O Yahweh, thy way, I will walk steadfastly in thy truth, My heart will rejoice to revere thy Name.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:26
4. DALETH. 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. Here is, I. David's complaint. We should have thought his soul soaring to heaven; but he says himself, My soul not only rolls in the dust, but cleaves to the dust, which is a complaint either, 1. Of his corruptions, his inclination to the world and the body (both which are dust), and that which follows upon it, a deadness to holy duties. When he would do good evil was present with him. God intimated that Adam was not only mortal,… Read the whole commentary →