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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O that
'achalay (Hebrew #305)
prob from 253 and a variation of 3863; would that!
KJV usage: O that, would God.
Pronounce: akh-al-ah'ee
Origin: or achaley {akh-al-ay'}
my ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
were directed
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
to keep
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thy statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 119:32,36,44‑45,131,159,173• 32I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
 44Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;
 45And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;
 131I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
 159See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
 173Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts. (Psa. 119:32,36,44‑45,131,159,173)
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Psa. 51:10• 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psa. 51:10)
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Jer. 31:33• 33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:33)
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Rom. 7:22‑24• 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man:
 23but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.
 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of this body of death? (Rom. 7:22‑24)
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2 Thess. 3:5• 5But the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of the Christ. (2 Thess. 3:5)
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Heb. 13:21• 21perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for the ages of ages. Amen. (Heb. 13:21)
• Moreover, there is the longing desire that the responsibility should be met; and, conscious of human weakness, the godly man looks to God to so direct his ways that God’s statutes may be kept (vs. 5). (“Psalm 119:1-8: Division 1 (Aleph)” by H. Smith)
• It is not only the perception of God's ways—what is intrinsically approved in the heart; but the desire that the actual course of life were ordered so as to keep God's statutes; not satisfying our will, or our will being towards God's. And here dependence is felt as to the course of a man's life, and there is the desire it may be directed. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutesf!

JND Translation Notes

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As Ex. 12.24. 22 times in this Psalm.