Psalms 119:101
From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
In Context
100Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
102From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou — Thou hast directed me.
Cross References
Psalms 18:23And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.
Psalms 119:59I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:126Time for Jehovah to work! they have made void Thy law.
Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
Jeremiah 2:36What? thou art very vile to repeat thy way, Even of Egypt thou art ashamed, As thou hast been ashamed of Asshur,
1 Peter 2:1Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings,
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 →