Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees! New Living Translation Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees! English Standard Version Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! Berean Standard Bible Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! King James Bible O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! New King James Version Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes! New American Standard Bible Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes! NASB 1995 Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes! NASB 1977 Oh that my ways may be established To keep Thy statutes! Legacy Standard Bible Oh may my ways be established To keep Your statutes! Amplified Bible Oh, that my ways may be established To observe and keep Your statutes [obediently accepting and honoring them]! Christian Standard Bible If only my ways were committed to keeping your statutes! Holman Christian Standard Bible If only my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! American Standard Version Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes! Aramaic Bible in Plain English But, oh, that my ways were fashioned that I would keep your commandments! Brenton Septuagint Translation O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances. Contemporary English Version I don't ever want to stray from your laws. Douay-Rheims Bible O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications. English Revised Version Oh that my ways were established to observe thy statutes! GOD'S WORD® Translation I pray that my ways may become firmly established so that I can obey your laws. Good News Translation How I hope that I shall be faithful in keeping your instructions! International Standard Version Oh, that my ways were steadfast, so I may keep your statutes. JPS Tanakh 1917 Oh that my ways were directed To observe Thy statutes! Literal Standard Version O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes, Majority Standard Bible Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! New American Bible May my ways be firm in the observance of your statutes! NET Bible If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! New Revised Standard Version O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! New Heart English Bible Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes. Webster's Bible Translation O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! World English Bible Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes! Young's Literal Translation O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently. 5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes! 6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.… Cross References Deuteronomy 12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess. 2 Chronicles 7:17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, Psalm 37:23 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey. Psalm 40:2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. Psalm 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end. Proverbs 4:26 Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure. Proverbs 21:29 A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure. Treasury of Scripture O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes! Psalm 119:32,36,44,45,131,159,173 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart… Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jump to Previous Decrees Directed Established Keeping Obey Obeying Observe Ordered Prepared Rules Statutes Steadfast WaysJump to Next Decrees Directed Established Keeping Obey Obeying Observe Ordered Prepared Rules Statutes Steadfast WaysPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw (5) Directed . . .--So LXX. and Vulg. The He brew is perhaps slightly different, established, or settled. (See Proverbs 4:26.)Verse 5. - Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! The first four verses of the stanza are concerned with the Law in itself; the last four treat of the writer's relation to it. He begins by expressing the wish that he, at any rate, may always observe it. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Oh, thatאַ֭חֲלַי (’a·ḥă·lay) Interjection Strong's 305: O! would that! my ways דְרָכָ֗י (ḏə·rā·ḵāy) Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action were committed יִכֹּ֥נוּ (yik·kō·nū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3559: To be erect to keeping לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (liš·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to Your statutes! חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ (ḥuq·qe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute Links Psalm 119:5 NIVPsalm 119:5 NLT Psalm 119:5 ESV Psalm 119:5 NASB Psalm 119:5 KJV Psalm 119:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:5 French Bible Psalm 119:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:5 Oh that my ways were steadfast (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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