Therefore I carefully follow all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way. Pe
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
- KJV Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
- BSB Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
- NKJV Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way. פ Pe
- NLT Each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way. Pe
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Quick answer
Therefore he considers all God's precepts right and hates every false way. Embracing the whole word means rejecting all falsehood.
Overview
Closing the AYIN stanza, the psalmist affirms the rightness of all God's precepts without exception and his hatred of every false path. His submission to the word is total, not selective. This wholehearted acceptance of God's truth, paired with rejection of error, marks the believer who walks in the light of Christ, the truth (John 14:6; Ps. 119:104).
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 119:104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
- Rom 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Ps 19:7–8Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s testimony is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 119:6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
- Prov 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
- Deut 4:8What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you today?
- Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
- Rom 7:16But if what I don’t desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.
- Ps 119:118You reject all those who stray from your statutes, for their deceit is in vain.
- Rom 7:12Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
- Rom 7:14For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.
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