Psalms 119:26
My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
In Context
25[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.
27The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:36then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, for Thou directest them the good way in which they go, and hast given rain on Thy land which Thou hast given to Thy people for inheritance.
2 Kings 20:3'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which [is] good in Thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth — a great weeping.
Psalms 25:4Thy ways, O Jehovah, cause me to know, Thy paths teach Thou me.
Psalms 27:11Shew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.
Psalms 38:18For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.
Psalms 86:11Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear 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 →