I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Parallel translations
- WEB I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
- BSB I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.
- NKJV I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end. ס Samek
- NASB I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, even to the end. Samekh
- NLT I am determined to keep your decrees to the very end. Samekh
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Quick answer
He has set his heart to obey God's statutes forever, to the very end. His obedience is a settled, lifelong resolve.
Overview
Closing the NUN stanza, the psalmist declares a heart fixed on performing God's statutes without end. His commitment is not momentary but enduring, reaching to the end of life. Such persevering obedience reflects the call to faithfulness unto death, made possible by God who works in His people both to will and to do (Phil. 2:13; Rev. 2:10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 119:33Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
- Ps 141:4Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
- 1 Kgs 8:58That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
- Ps 119:36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- Josh 24:23Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
- Ps 119:44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
- 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- Phil 2:13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
- Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
- 2 Chr 19:3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
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