Psalms 119 · Verse 80

Psalms 119:80

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psalms 119:80, King James Version

Psalms 119:80 in other translations

BSBMay my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.
WEBLet my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
ASVLet my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame. כ KAPH.
YLTMy heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
DARBYLet my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
BBELet all my heart be given to your orders, so that I may not be put to shame.
WebsterLet my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I may not be ashamed.

What does Psalms 119:80 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:79-80

79-80. Those who may have thought his afflictions an evidence of God's rejection will then be led to return to Him; as the friends of Job did on his restoration, having been previously led through his afflictions to doubt the reality of his religion.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes - Let it be perfect - all given up to thee, and all possessed by thee.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:73-80

God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and…

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Psalms 119:80 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.

יְהִֽי\־ye.hi-may it beH1961
לִבִּ֣יli.Biheart myH3820
תָמִ֣יםta.MimblamelessH8549
בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָbe.chu.Kei.chain decrees yourH2706
לְ֝מַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֵבֽוֹשׁ\׃'e.Vo.oshI will be ashamedH954

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

Cross references for Psalms 119:80

  • Deuteronomy 26:16

    This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

  • 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.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:12

    For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:14

    And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.

  • Psalms 119:6

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

  • John 1:47

    Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  • Psalms 32:2

    Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

  • Proverbs 4:23

    Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:17

    But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.

  • Ezekiel 11:9

    And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

  • Psalms 25:2-3

    O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:2

    And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sound.
25:21; 32:2; De 26:16; 2Ch 12:14; 15:17; 25:2; 31:20,21; Pr 4:23
Eze 11:9; Joh 1:47; 2Co 1:12
that I be.
6; 25:2,3; 1Jo 2:28

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Context

  • Psalms 119:79

    Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:80

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

  • Psalms 119:81

    כ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

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Psalms 119:80 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sea mi corazón íntegro en tus estatutos; porque no sea yo avergonzado.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que mon cœur soit intègre dans tes statuts, afin que je ne sois pas honteux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Laß mein Herz untadelig sein in deinen Satzungen, damit ich nicht beschämt werde!