King James Version
psalm 119:5 in the King James Version says “O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!” — study this verse from psalm chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”
psalm 119:5 · KJV
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. thy: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness
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