Psalm 119:5 “Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!”

Psalm 119:5

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

World English Bible

Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!

American Standard Version

Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

Geneva Bible 1599

Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!

Darby Translation

Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Young's Literal Translation

O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,

Bible in Basic English

If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

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Cross references

“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”

Psalm 51:10 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Hebrews 13:21 Jeremiah 31:33 Psalm 119:36 Romans 7:22–24

Psalm 51:10 · BSB

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 · BSB

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

Hebrews 13:21 · BSB

equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Psalm 119:36 · BSB

Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

Romans 7:22–24 · BSB

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

6Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.

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