Psalms 119:168

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
kept	שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי sha.Mar.ti	H8104	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
precepts	פִ֭קּוּדֶיךָ Fi.ku.dei.cha	H6490	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
testimonies	וְעֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ ve.'e.do.Tei.kha	H5713	testimony · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
ways	דְּרָכַ֣י de.ra.Khai	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Psalms 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Psalms 44:20-21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Job 34:21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Jeremiah 23:24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Psalms 98:8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give…
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:167-168

David's conscience here witnesses for him, I. That his practices were good. 1. He loved God's testimonies, he loved them exceedingly. Our love to the word of God must be a superlative love (we must love it better than the wealth and pleasure of this world), and it must be a victorious love, such as will subdue and mortify our lusts and extirpate carnal affections. 2. He kept them, his soul kept them. Bodily exercise profits little in religion; we must make heart-work of it or we make nothing of it. The soul must be sanctified and renewed, and delivered into the mould of the word; the soul must be employed in glorifying God, for he will be worshipped in the spirit. We must keep both the prece…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:168

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies,.... Both the preceptive and doctrinal part of the word, he preserved and observed both; this is repeated for the certainty of it, and to show his great affection to them; for all my ways are before thee; this is either an appeal to God for the truth of what he had said, who saw and knew all the ways in which he walked, and which he had endeavoured should be conformable to the word of God; or it is a reason why he kept the precepts and testimonies of the Lord, because he knew his eyes were upon him; the omniscience of God had an influence over him, and caused him to be more attentive to the word, as the rule of his actions; see Psalm 139:1.

John Calvin on Psalms 119:161-168

Psalm 119:161-168 161. s Princes have persecuted me without a cause; yet my heart hath beer, afraid at thy word 162. s I have rejoiced at thy word as one who hath found great spoil. 163. s I have hated and abhorred deceit; but I have loved thy law. 164. s Seven times a day have I praised thee, because of thy righteous judgments. [32] 165. s Great peace have them that love thy law, and there will be no stumbling-block for them. [33] 166. s Jehovah I have waited for thy salvation and have done thy commandments. 167. s My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I have loved them exceeding. 168. s I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee. 161 Princes have p…

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The Church Fathers

After the Psalmist, then, had declared that he had done both these things, he ascribeth unto God his having been enabled to do so, by adding, "because all my ways are in Thy sight." He saith therefore, "I have kept Thy commandments and Thy testimonies; because all my ways are in Thy sight" (ver. 168). As much as to say, Hadst Thou turned away Thy face from me, I should have been confounded, nor could I keep Thy commandments and testimonies. "I have kept them," then, because "all my ways are in Thy sight." With a look favouring and aiding man, he meant it to be understood that God seeth his ways: according to the prayer, "O hide not Thou Thy face from me."...
— Augustine of Hippo, On the Psalms, Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Obedience · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Psalms 119:168

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:167-168

John Gill on Psalms 119:168

John Calvin on Psalms 119:161-168

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:168

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:167-168

John Gill on Psalms 119:168

John Calvin on Psalms 119:161-168

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:161-168

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:161-168