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Psalms 119:5

Psalms 119:5
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then shall I not be ashamed,.... Of hope in God, of a profession of faith in him, and of a conversation agreeable to it before men; nor of appearing before God in his house, worshipping him there; nor…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

O that my ways were directed ... - Indicating the desire of the pious heart. That desire - a prevailing, constant, uniform desire - is to keep the law of God. It is the aim of the life; it is the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 119:4-6

We are here taught, 1. To own ourselves under the highest obligations to walk in God's law. The tempter would possess men with an opinion that they are at their liberty whether they will make the word…