that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
Parallel translations
- WEB that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
- KJV That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
- NKJV That they might observe His statutes And keep His laws. Praise the Lord!
- NASB And that they might keep His statutes And comply with His laws; Praise the Lord!
- NLT All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the Lord!
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
God gave them the land so they would keep His statutes and laws; praise the LORD. It matters because redemption aims at obedient, grateful worship.
Overview
The psalm concludes by stating the purpose of all God's saving work: that His people would obey Him and praise Him. Grace precedes and grounds obedience; the gift of the land called for faithful living. This anticipates the gospel pattern, where God redeems His people in Christ so that they walk in His ways to His glory.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Deut 4:40Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Eph 2:8–10For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- Deut 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Rev 19:3–4And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
- Ps 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ezek 36:24–28For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Deut 6:21–25then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
- Ps 150:1Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens.
- Deut 5:33You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
How Psalms 105:45 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.