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Psalms 119:34
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32 I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall aenlarge my heart. 

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33 aTeach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end. 
34 aGive me understanding, and I shall keep Your law;
Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 
35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
36 1Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
And not to acovetousness. 
37 aTurn1 away my eyes from blooking at worthless things,
And revive me in1 Your way. 
38 aEstablish Your word to Your servant,
Who is devoted to fearing You. 
39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,
For Your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;
Revive me in Your righteousness.
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What Does Psalms 119:34 Mean?



Psalm 119:33-34

Perhaps above all others, this psalm makes multiple direct connections between the knowledge of God and obedience.

We will grow more profoundly if we learn to study the Bible as if it were written for us individually. It is self-defeating for us to pick and choose favorite scriptures while leaving others entirely alone. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:3, saying we should live by every word of God. All of it reveals Him—and our nature as well. The more we know of Him and ourselves, the greater the chance of obedience. Ignorance begets irreverence that in turn begets disobedience. Truth believed begets reverence that in turn begets obedience.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Sovereignty and Its Fruit: Part Ten

Related Topics: Ignorance | Ignorance Begets Irreverence | Ignorance of God | Knowledge of God | Living by Every Word of God | Living by God's Every Word | Obedience | Obedience and Knowledge of God | Reverence | Reverence and Obedience | Reverence Begets Obedience | Reverence Toward God




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Psalms 119:34:

1 Thessalonians 5:21


 
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