I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
- KJV I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
- NKJV I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
- NASB I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments.
- NLT As I learn your righteous regulations, I will thank you by living as I should!
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Quick answer
The psalmist vows to praise God with an upright heart as he learns God's righteous judgments. It matters because understanding God's just ways naturally produces sincere worship.
Overview
Learning God's righteous ordinances leads not merely to knowledge but to thankful, wholehearted praise. Upright worship flows from a heart increasingly shaped by God's truth. This echoes the gospel pattern, where grasping the righteousness of God in Christ moves redeemed sinners to grateful adoration.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 119:171My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
- John 6:45It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- Ps 119:12Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
- Ps 25:4–5Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- 1 Chr 29:13–17Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
- Ps 9:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- Ps 25:8–10Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Isa 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Ps 119:33–34Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
- Ps 119:27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
- Ps 119:73Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
- Ps 119:64The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
- Ps 143:10Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
- Ps 86:12–13I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
- Ps 119:18–19Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- Ps 119:124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.
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