King James Version
Psalms 119:6 in the King James Version says “Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.”
Psalms 119:6 · KJV
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
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Then shall I not be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“when I have respect”
H5027to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“unto all thy commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
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