Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 119:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”
Psalms 119:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. {thy...: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness}
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