Psalms 19 · Verse 14

Psalms 19:14

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalms 19:14, King James Version

Psalms 19:14 in other translations

BSBMay the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
WEBLet the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.
ASVLet the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
YLTLet the sayings of my mouth, And the meditation of my heart, Be for a pleasing thing before Thee, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer!
DARBYLet the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
BBELet the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.
WebsterLet the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

What does Psalms 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 19:12-14

12-14. The clearer our view of the law, the more manifest are our sins. Still for its full effect we need divine grace to show us our faults, acquit us, restrain us from the practice, and free us from the power, of sin. Thus only can our conduct be blameless, and our words and thoughts acceptable to God.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Let the words of my mouth - He has prayed against practical sin, the sins of the body; now, against the sins of the mouth and of the heart. Let my mouth speak nothing but what is true, kind, and profitable; and my heart meditate nothing but what is holy, pure, and chaste. Acceptable in thy sight - Like a sacrifice without spot or blemish, offered up with a perfect heart to God. O Lord, my strength - צורי tsuri, "my fountain, my origin." My redeemer - גאלי goali, my kinsman, he whose right it is to redeem the forfeited inheritance; for so was the word used under the old law. This prayer is properly concluded! he was weak, he felt the need of God's strength. He had sinned and lost all title to the heavenly inheritance, and therefore needed the interference of the Divine kinsman; of Him who, because the children were partakers of flesh and blood, also partook of the same. No prayer can be acceptable before God which is not offered up in his strength; through Him who took our nature upon him, that he might redeem us unto God, and restore the long-lost inheritance. Lord my helpar and my byer. - Old Psalter. He who is my only help, and he that bought me with his blood. This prayer is often, with great propriety, uttered by pious people when they enter a place of worship.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 19:11-14

God's word warns the wicked not to go on in his wicked way, and warns the righteous not to turn from his good way. There is a reward, not only after keeping, but in keeping God's commandments. Religion makes our comforts sweet, and our crosses easy, life truly valuable, and death itself truly desirable. David not only desired to be pardoned and cleansed from the sins he had discovered and confessed, but from those…

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Psalms 19:14 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.

יִֽהְי֥וּyih.Yulet them beH1961
לְרָצ֨וֹן\׀le.ra.Tzonfor acceptanceH7522
אִמְרֵי\־'im.rei-[the] words ofH561
פִ֡יfimouth myH6310
וְהֶגְי֣וֹןve.heg.Yonand [the] meditation ofH1902
לִבִּ֣יli.Biheart myH3820
לְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
צוּרִ֥יtzu.Rirock myH6697
וְגֹאֲלִֽי\׃ve.go.'a.Liand redeemer myH1350

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

Cross references for Psalms 19:14

  • Psalms 104:34

    My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • Psalms 51:15

    O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

  • Psalms 119:108

    Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

  • 1 Peter 2:5

    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  • Psalms 66:18-20

    If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

  • Proverbs 15:8

    The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

  • Psalms 18:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Hebrews 11:4

    By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

  • Psalms 5:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

  • Job 19:25

    For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

  • 1 Peter 1:18-19

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let.
5:1,2; 51:15; 66:18-20; 119:108; Ge 4:4,5; Pr 15:8; Ro 15:16
Heb 11:4; 13:15; 1Pe 2:5
strength. Heb. rock.
18:1,2
redeemer.
Job 19:25; Isa 43:14; 44:6; 47:4; 54:5; 1Th 1:10; Tit 2:14
1Pe 1:18,19; Re 5:9

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Context

  • Psalms 19:13

    Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

  • Psalms 19:14

    Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

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Psalms 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sean gratos los dichos de mi boca y la meditación de mi corazón delante de ti, oh Jehová, roca mía, y redentor mío.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Garde aussi ton serviteur des péchés commis avec fierté; qu’ils ne dominent pas sur moi: alors je serai irréprochable, et je serai innocent de la grande transgression.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Laß die Reden meines Mundes und das Sinnen meines Herzens wohlgefällig vor dir sein, Jehova, mein Fels und mein Erlöser!