King James Version
What Does Psalms 119:32 Mean?
“I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.”
Context
30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
31
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
33
HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(32) **Run the way.**—Plainly the psalmist means that he will not only be able to walk in the Divine way, but even to run in it when certain restraints are removed which now confine and check him. Hence we may understand, by the *enlargement of the heart, *not so much the expansion of the faculties as deliverance from oppressing fears, &c, as Psalm 4:1; Psalm 18:36, and render “when thou hast set my heart at large.” So the Prayer Book Version, “set my heart at liberty.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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