I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
- BSB I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
- NKJV I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.
- NASB I hurried and did not delay To keep Your commandments.
- NLT I will hurry, without delay, to obey your commands.
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Quick answer
The psalmist hastens and does not delay to keep God's commandments. It matters because true obedience is prompt and eager rather than reluctant or postponed.
Overview
The psalmist makes haste, refusing to put off obedience to God's commandments. Delay can betray a divided heart, but he responds without hesitation. This ready obedience reflects the wholehearted devotion that the gospel produces, as believers eagerly follow their Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 95:7–8For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
- Eccl 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Gal 1:16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
- Prov 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Ezek 10:6–8And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
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