Psalms 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
KJV
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est ! habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar ;
Vulgate
οἴμοι ὅτι ἡ παροικία μου ἐμακρύνθη, κατεσκήνωσα μετὰ τῶν σκηνωμάτων Κηδάρ.
LXX
Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
ASV
אַ֭חֲלַי יִכֹּ֥נוּ דְרָכָ֗/י לִ/שְׁמֹ֥ר חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַחֲלֵ֣י
'chly
particle · 2×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 2Thess 3:5 — And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
- 2Thess 3:5 — And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
- Heb 13:21 — Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Jer 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
- Phil 3:12 — Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
- Prov 4:26 — Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
- Prov 11:23 — The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
- Prov 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Prov 21:29 — A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
- Ps 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Ps 37:23 — The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
- Ps 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Ps 119:29 — Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
- Ps 119:32 — I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
- Ps 119:36 — Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- Ps 119:44 — So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
- Ps 119:131 — I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
- Ps 119:159 — Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
- Ps 119:173 — Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
- Ps 143:10 — Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
- Rom 7:18 — For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
- Rom 7:22 — For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: