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Psalm 119:34 KJV
Psalms · chapter 119 · verse 34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.Psalm 119:34 · King James Version
Psalm 119:34 in context
32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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Key words (Strong's)
- understandingbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- observeshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- keepnâtsarto guard, in a good sense or a bad oneH5341 →
- lawtôwrâha precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451 →
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Here, I. David prays earnestly that God himself would be his teacher; he had prophets, and wise men, and priests, about him, and was himself well instructed in the law of God, yet he begs to be taught of God, as knowing that none teaches like him, Job 36:22. Observe here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-34