Psalms 119:4
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.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
- KJV
- Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
- WEB
- You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
- ASV
- Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
- DARBY
- Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
- BLB
- You have commanded Your precepts, to be kept diligently.
- ÅB
- Du har gitt dine befalinger for at en skal holde dem nøye.
- OTB
- Du har gitt dine påbud,
For at vi skal holde dem nøye. - B1930
- Du har gitt dine befalinger forat en skal holde dem nøie.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Read in contextJohn 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Read in contextMatthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:23
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:1–14
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Read in contextJohn 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:8–9
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
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