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Psalms 119:5 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! "
Psalms 119:5
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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.
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Psalms 119:1
"ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD."
Psalms 119:2
"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart."
Psalms 119:3
"They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways."
Psalms 119:4
"Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently."
Psalms 119:6
"Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments."
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