Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Psalms 119:36 in other translations
| BSB | Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. |
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| WEB | Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain. |
| ASV | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness. |
| YLT | Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain. |
| DARBY | Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain. |
| BBE | Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire. |
| Webster | Incline my heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. |
What does Psalms 119:36 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Psalms 119:36 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 119:36
- Luke 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
- Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
- 1 Kings 8:58
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
- Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
- Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- 2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
- Ezekiel 11:19-20
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
- Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
- Psalms 141:4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
- 2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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Context
- Psalms 119:35
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- Psalms 119:36
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
- Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Psalms 119:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Inclina mi corazón á tus testimonios, y no á la avaricia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Incline mon cœur à tes témoignages, et non point au gain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Neige mein Herz zu deinen Zeugnissen und nicht zum Gewinn! |