Psalms 119 · Verse 6

Psalms 119:6

Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms 119:6, King James Version

Psalms 119:6 in other translations

BSBThen I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
WEBThen I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
ASVThen shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
YLTThen I am not ashamed In my looking unto all Thy commands.
DARBYThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
BBEThen I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
WebsterThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

What does Psalms 119:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:4-6

4-6. precepts--are those directions which relate to special conduct, from a word meaning "to inspect." statutes--or ordinances, positive laws of permanent nature. Both words originally denote rather positive than moral laws, such as derive force from the divine appointment, whether their nature or the reasons for them are apprehended by us or not. commandments--or institutions. The term is comprehensive, but rather…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Then shall I not be ashamed - Every act of transgression in the wicked man tends to harden his heart; and render it callous. If a man who fears God is so unhappy as to fall into sin, his conscience reproaches him, and he is ashamed before God and man. This is a full proof that God's Spirit has not utterly departed from him, and that he may repent, believe and be healed. Unto all thy commandments - God requires universal obedience, and all things are possible to him whom Christ strengthens; and all things are possible to him that believes. Allow that any of God's commandments may be transgressed, and we shall soon have the whole decalogue set aside.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:1-8

The general scope and design of this psalm is to magnify the Divine law, and make it honourable. There are ten words by which Divine revelation is called in this psalm, and each expresses what God expects from us, and what we may expect from him. 1. God's law; this is enacted by him as our Sovereign. 2. His way; this is the rule of his providence. 3. His testimonies; they are solemnly declared to the world. 4. His…

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Psalms 119:6 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.

אָ֥ז'azthenH227
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
אֵב֑וֹשׁ'e.Vo.oshI will be ashamedH954
בְּ֝הַבִּיטִ֗יbe.ha.bi.Tiwhen look IH5027
אֶל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ\׃mitz.vo.Tei.khacommandments yourH4687

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:6

  • 1 John 2:28

    And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

  • Job 22:26

    For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

  • John 15:14

    Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  • Psalms 119:80

    Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  • Psalms 119:31

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

  • 1 John 3:20-21

    For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

  • James 2:10

    For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

  • Psalms 119:128

    Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

  • Daniel 12:2-3

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shall I.
31,80; Job 22:26; Da 12:2,3; 1Jo 2:28; 3:20,21
I have.
128; Joh 15:14; Jas 2:10

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Context

  • Psalms 119:5

    O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

  • Psalms 119:6

    Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

  • Psalms 119:7

    I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

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Psalms 119:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces no sería yo avergonzado, cuando atendiese á todos tus mandamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors je ne serai pas honteux quand je regarderai à tous tes commandements.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann werde ich nicht beschämt werden, wenn ich achthabe auf alle deine Gebote.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		multum incola fuit anima mea.