Psalms 119 · Verse 32

Psalms 119:32

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Psalms 119:32, King James Version

Psalms 119:32 in other translations

BSBI run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
WEBI run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HE
ASVI will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart. ה HE.
YLTThe way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
DARBYI will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
BBEI will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
WebsterI will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

What does Psalms 119:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:28-32

28-32. In order to adhere to His word, we must seek deliverance from temptations to sin as well as from despondency. enlarge--or, "expand" my heart--with gracious affections. HE. (Psa 119:33-40).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 I will run - The particle כי elci, which we translate when, should be translated because: Because thou shalt enlarge, or dilate, my heart; make plain my path by cleansing me from my impurity, and taking the hinderances out of my way. I will then run without dread of stumbling, and every day make sensible progress.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:25-32

While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in…

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Psalms 119:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דֶּֽרֶךְ\־de.rekh-[the] way ofH1870
מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָmitz.vo.Tei.khacommandments yourH4687
אָר֑וּץ'a.RutzI runH7323
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
תַרְחִ֣יבtar.Chivyou enlargeH7337
לִבִּֽי\׃li.Biheart myH3820

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:32

  • 1 Kings 4:29

    And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:17

    Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

  • John 8:36

    If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

  • John 8:32

    And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  • Psalms 18:36

    Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.

  • Hebrews 12:1

    Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  • Psalms 119:45

    And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.

  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  • 2 Corinthians 6:11

    O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.

  • Luke 1:74-75

    That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:24-26

    Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:

  • 1 Peter 2:16

    As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
run.
So 1:4; Isa 40:31; 1Co 9:24-26; Heb 12:1
enlarge.
45; 18:36; 1Ki 4:29; Job 36:15,16; Isa 60:5; 61:1; Lu 1:74,75
Joh 8:32,36; 2Co 3:17; 6:11; 1Pe 2:16

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Context

  • Psalms 119:31

    I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.

  • Psalms 119:32

    I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

  • Psalms 119:33

    ה HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

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Psalms 119:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por el camino de tus mandamientos correré, cuando ensanchares mi corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Je courrai dans la voie de tes commandements, quand tu auras mis mon cœur au large.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Den Weg deiner Gebote werde ich laufen, wenn du Raum gemacht haben wirst meinem Herzen.