I will hurry, without delay, to obey your commands.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
- KJV I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy 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.
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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. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
- Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- Gal 1:16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
- Prov 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
- Ezek 10:6–8It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.
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