Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Parallel translations
- WEB Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
- BSB Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
- NKJV Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end.
- NASB ¶Teach me the way of Your statutes, Lord, And I shall comply with it to the end.
- NLT Teach me your decrees, O Lord; I will keep them to the end.
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks God to teach him the way of His statutes, promising to keep them to the end. It matters because lasting obedience depends on God's instruction and perseverance.
Overview
Opening the He stanza, the psalmist prays for God Himself to teach His statutes and vows to keep them to the very end. He desires not just knowledge but enduring faithfulness. This prayer for perseverance is answered in the gospel, where God who begins a good work in believers brings it to completion in Christ.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ps 119:26–27I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
- 1 Jn 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
- Phil 1:6Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
- Isa 54:13And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
- Ps 119:12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
- Matt 24:13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- John 6:45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
- Rev 2:26And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
- 1 Cor 1:7–8So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- Matt 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Ps 119:8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
- Ps 119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- 1 Jn 2:19–20They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
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