Psalms 119:6

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
ashamed	אֵב֑וֹשׁ 'e.Vo.osh	H954	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
respect	בְּ֝הַבִּיטִ֗י be.ha.bi.Ti	H5027	to scan · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
commandments	מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ mitz.vo.Tei.kha	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Job 22:26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Psalms 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Psalms 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Psalms 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Daniel 12:2-3 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 of God their rule or no, that, though it may be good, yet it is not so necessary as they are made to believe it is. He taught our first parents to question the command: Hath God said, You shall not eat? And therefore we are concerned to be well established in this (Psa 119:4): Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts, to make religion our rule; and to keep them diligently, to make religion our business and to mind it carefully and constantly. We are bound, and must obey at our peril. 2. To l…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:6

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 at the throne of his grace, nor at the day of judgment, and before Christ at his coming; when I have respect unto all thy commandments; or "look" (n) at them constantly, as the rule of walk and conversation; and to copy after, as a scholar looks at his copy to write after; and affectionately esteem all his precepts concerning all things to be right, and none of his commandments grievous; and practically, not in the theory only; but observing them in order to practise them, and diligently atten…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:1-8

Psalm 119:1-8 ' 1. Blessed are they who are upright, [396] in their way, walking in the law of Jehovah. ' 2. Blessed are they who, keeping his testimonies, seek him with all their heart. ' 3. Surely they do not work iniquity, who walk in his ways. ' 4. Thou hast commanded that thy statutes should be observed carefully [397] ' 5. I wish that my ways may be directed to the observing of thy statutes! ' 6. Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy precepts. ' 7. I will praise thee in the uprightness of my heart, when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousness. ' 8. I will observe thy statutes: do not forsake me very far. [398] Some call this the octonary psalm, b…

The Church Fathers

"So shall I not be confounded, while I have respect unto all Your commandments" [Psalm 119:6]. We ought to look upon the commandments of God, whether when they are read, or when they are recalled to memory, as a looking-glass, as the Apostle James says. [James 1:23-25] This man wishes himself to be such, that he may regard as in a mirror the commandments of God, and may not be confounded; because he chooses not merely to be a hearer of them, but a doer. On this account he desires that his ways may be made direct to keep the statutes of God. How to be made direct, save by the grace of God? Otherwise he will find in the law of God not a source of rejoicing, but of confusion, if he has chosen to look into commandments, which he does not.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on 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,…
Law · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Obedience · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Perfection · UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:4-6

John Gill on Psalms 119:6

John Calvin on Psalms 119:1-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:4-6

John Gill on Psalms 119:6

John Calvin on Psalms 119:1-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:4