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Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!
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The Believer's Core Desire
Commentators agree that this verse expresses the deepest, most constant desire of a believer's heart. Albert Barnes calls it the 'supreme purpose of the soul.' This longing to live a life that aligns with God's commands is not a fleeting wish but a fundamental mark of a heart transformed by the Holy Spirit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O that my ways were directed ... - This indicates the desire of the pious heart. That desire—a prevailing, constant, uniform desire…
19th Century
Anglican
Directed ... —So Septuagint and Vulgate. The Hebrew is perhaps slightly different, established, or settled. (See Proverbs…
Baptist
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! (Psalms 119:5)
The psalmist is driven to prayer. His admiration of t…
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16th Century
Protestant
I wish that my ways may be directed. The original word כון, kun, is sometimes rendered as establish, and accordingly, it…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes! The psalmist, sensible of his own inability, as every good man is, to…
This psalm may be considered as the statement of a believer's experience. To the extent that our views, desires, and affections agree with what is …
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