Proverbia 119:5

Nova Vulgata

Utinam dirigantur viae meae ad custodiendas iustificationes tuas!

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est ! habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar ;

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Heu mihi, quia incolatus meus prolongatus est!
habitavi cum habitantibus Cedar;

Bible Verse Review
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Psalms 119:32, Psalms 119:36, Psalms 119:44, Psalms 119:45, Psalms 119:131, Psalms 119:159, Psalms 119:173, Psalms 51:10, Jeremiah 31:33, Romans 7:22-24, 2 Thessalonians 3:5, Hebrews 13:21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:45 - statutes Nehemiah 1:7 - the commandments Psalms 10:2 - The wicked Psalms 119:29 - grant me Psalms 119:40 - I have Psalms 143:10 - Teach Proverbs 11:23 - desire Proverbs 14:8 - wisdom Ezekiel 11:20 - they may Matthew 26:41 - the spirit Romans 7:18 - for to will Galatians 5:17 - the flesh Philippians 3:12 - I had

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!] The psalmist, sensible of his own inability, as every good man is, to keep the commands of God, prays for grace, direction, and assistance in it; that the ways of his mind, his thoughts, affections, and inclinations, might be directed to an observance of the divine precepts; knowing he could not command his thoughts, raise his affections, dispose his mind, and incline his heart thereunto; and finding a backwardness to religious exercises and spiritual duties, and that the ways and actions of his life might be guided to the same; being sensible he could not take one step aright without God and Christ; that the way of man is not in himself, and that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps; that a good man's steps are ordered by the Lord, and he directs his paths: besides the direction of the word, there is need of the Spirit and grace of God, to cause a person to walk in his statutes, and to keep his judgments, and do them; see Jeremiah 10:23.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O that my ways were directed ... - Indicating the desire of the pious heart. That desire - a prevailing, constant, uniform desire - is to keep the law of God. It is the aim of the life; it is the supreme purpose of the soul; it is the ruling wish of the man, thus to keep the law of God. He in whose bosom this is not the constant wish cannot be a pious man. The Hebrew particle used here, and rendered “O that,” is a particle denoting a wish, or an earnest desire. The word “ways” denotes the course of life. The whole is expressive of an earnest desire to live in accordance with the law of God. It implies also a sense of dependence on God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 119:5. O that my ways were directed — "I wish that my way may be confirmed to keep thy statutes." Without thee I can do nothing; my soul is unstable and fickle; and it will continue weak and uncertain till thou strengthen and establish it.