Psalms 119:5 · KJV
“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”
— Psalms 119:5
Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms 119 — Context
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4Thou hast commanded {us} to keep thy precepts diligently.
5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. {thy...: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness}
Cross References
Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. {right: or, constant}
2 Thessalonians 3:5
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. {patient...: or, patience of Christ}
Hebrews 13:21
Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {be} glory for ever and ever. Amen. {working: or, doing}
Jeremiah 31:33
But this {shall be} the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Romans 7:22-24
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Psalms 119:32
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Psalms 119:173
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.