Psalms 119:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!”
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BSBPD
“Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 119:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
- Psalms 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
- Psalms 119:36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
- Psalms 119:44I will always obey Your law, forever and ever.
- Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
- Psalms 119:159Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
- Psalms 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
- Jeremiah 31:33“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.
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.
- Hebrews 13:21equip 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.
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