Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- KJV Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- NKJV Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
- NASB Make me understand the way of Your precepts, And I will meditate on Your wonders.
- NLT Help me understand the meaning of your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds.
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks for understanding of God's precepts so that he can meditate on His wonderful works. It matters because grasping God's word leads to deeper reflection on His mighty deeds.
Overview
Understanding the way of God's precepts equips the psalmist to ponder God's wondrous works. Comprehension of the word and meditation on God's acts reinforce one another. Such Spirit-given understanding finds its fullness in the gospel, where the greatest of God's wondrous works is salvation accomplished in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 145:5–6the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- Ps 105:2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- Ps 71:17O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Ps 111:4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
- Acts 2:11both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
- Ps 78:4We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
- Exod 13:14–15In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Josh 4:6–7to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
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