Psalms 119:4
Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
In Context
3Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
5Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
Cross References
Exodus 7:6And Moses and Aaron did [so],—as Yahweh commanded them, so, did they.
Deuteronomy 4:9Only take thou heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,—but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons and unto thy sons’ sons:—
Deuteronomy 6:3Therefore shalt thou hear, O Israel, and shalt observe to do, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may multiply greatly, as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken to thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 11:13And it shall come to pass, if ye will hearken, unto my commandments, which, I am commanding you to-day,—to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him, with, all your heart, and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy 12:32Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,—thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.
Deuteronomy 30:16for thou must keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Yahweh thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes, and his regulations,—so shalt thou live and multiply, and Yahweh thy God will bless thee, in the land which thou art entering to possess.
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 →