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Psalms 119:10 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments. "
Psalms 119:10
Verse in Context
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8 I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me.
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.
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Here David speaks of a good work God has already done in him, and he takes comfort in it before God. “I have sought you,” he says, meaning he has come to God as his guide, his help, and his greatest good. If people should seek their God, then he has done what such a person ought to do. Even if he has not yet found all he hoped for, he has truly sought God with his whole heart, seeking him earnestly and above everything else.
He also prays that God would keep that good work safe. “You have turned my heart to seek your commands, so do not let me drift away from them.” Even the best people know they are very ready to wander. The more we have tasted the joy of keeping God’s commandments, the more we should fear leaving them. That fear should drive us to pray all the more for God’s grace to keep us from wandering.
From This Chapter
Psalms 119:1
"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law."
Psalms 119:2
"Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart."
Psalms 119:3
"Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways."
Psalms 119:4
"You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them."
Psalms 119:5
"Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!"
Psalms 119:6
"Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments."
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