I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
- BSB I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your 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 shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
- 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.
- Ps 119:12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
- Ps 25:4–5Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
- 1 Chr 29:13–17Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
- Ps 9:1I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- Ps 25:8–10Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- Isa 48:17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
- Ps 119:33–34Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
- Ps 119:27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
- Ps 119:73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
- Ps 119:64The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
- Ps 143:10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
- Ps 86:12–13I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
- Ps 119:18–19Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Ps 119:124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
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