For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
Parallel translations
- WEB For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
- KJV For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
- BSB For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
- NKJV For all His judgments were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me.
- NLT I have followed all his regulations; I have never abandoned his decrees.
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Quick answer
David kept God's ordinances before him and did not put away his statutes. It matters because love for God shows itself in treasuring and obeying his word.
Overview
David testifies that all God's rules were before him and he did not set aside his statutes. Keeping God's word continually in view shaped his conduct. This delight in God's law anticipates Christ, who perfectly fulfilled the law and writes it on the hearts of his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
- Ps 119:112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
- Ps 119:30I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.
- Ps 119:128Therefore I consider all of your precepts to be right. I hate every false way. PEY
- Ps 119:117Hold me up, and I will be safe, and will have respect for your statutes continually.
- John 5:14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
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