Psalms 119 · Verse 34

Psalms 119:34

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:34, King James Version

Psalms 119:34 in other translations

BSBGive me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
WEBGive me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
ASVGive me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
YLTCause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
DARBYGive me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
BBEGive me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
WebsterGive me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

What does Psalms 119:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:33-38

33-38. To encourage us in prayer for divine aid in adhering to His truth, we are permitted to believe that by His help we shall succeed. the way of thy statutes--that is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 With my whole heart - I will not trifle with my God, I will not divide my affections with the world; God shall have all.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:33-40

Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the…

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Psalms 119:34 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.

הֲ֭בִינֵנִיHa.vi.ne.nigive understanding meH995
וְאֶצְּרָ֥הve.'e.tze.Rahso let me observeH5341
תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָto.ra.Te.khalaw yourH8451
וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּהve.'esh.me.Re.nahso I may keep itH8104
בְכָל\־ve.khol-with allH3605
לֵֽב\׃Lev[the] heartH3820

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:34

  • James 1:5

    If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  • Matthew 7:24

    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

  • Proverbs 2:5-6

    Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  • Psalms 119:73

    י JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • James 1:25

    But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  • Psalms 111:10

    The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 119:69

    The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

  • John 7:17

    If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

  • James 2:8-12

    If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. …

  • Psalms 119:10

    With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

  • James 3:13-18

    Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. …

  • Matthew 5:19

    Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Give me.
73; 111:10; Job 28:28; Pr 2:5,6; Joh 7:17; Jas 1:5; 3:13-18
I shall.
De 4:6; Mt 5:19; 7:24; Jas 1:25; 2:8-12; 4:11
observe.
10,58,69

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 119:33

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

  • Psalms 119:34

    Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

  • Psalms 119:35

    Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

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Psalms 119:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dame entendimiento, y guardaré tu ley; y la observaré de todo corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Donne-moi de l’intelligence, et j’observerai ta loi, et je la garderai de tout mon cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Gib mir Einsicht, und ich will dein Gesetz bewahren und es halten von ganzem Herzen.