Psalm 119:168
New International Version
I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.

New Living Translation
Yes, I obey your commandments and laws because you know everything I do. Taw

English Standard Version
I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

Berean Standard Bible
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

King James Bible
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

New King James Version
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.

New American Standard Bible
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.

NASB 1995
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You. Tav.

NASB 1977
I keep Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.

Amplified Bible
I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are [fully known] before You.

Christian Standard Bible
I obey your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I obey Your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before You.

American Standard Version
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.

Contemporary English Version
You know everything I do. You know I respect every law you have given.

English Revised Version
I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have followed your guiding principles and your written instructions, because my whole life is in front of you.

Good News Translation
I obey your commands and your instructions; you see everything I do.

International Standard Version
I keep your precepts and your decrees because all of my ways are before you.

Majority Standard Bible
I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.

NET Bible
I keep your precepts and rules, for you are aware of everything I do.

New Heart English Bible
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

World English Bible
I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, "" For all my ways are before You!

Young's Literal Translation
I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!

Smith's Literal Translation
I watched thy charges, and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I have served your commandments and your testimonies. For all my ways are before your sight.

New American Bible
I observe your precepts and testimonies; all my ways are before you.

New Revised Standard Version
I keep your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have kept your commandments and your testimonies and all my ways are before you.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; For all my ways are before Thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee, O Lord.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
167I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly. 168I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You. 169May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.…

Cross References
John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

James 1:25
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.

Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

1 John 2:3-4
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. / If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

John 15:10
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ / This is the first and greatest commandment. / And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ...

1 Peter 1:22
Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

Romans 8:4
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Galatians 5:14
The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Joshua 22:5
But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Proverbs 3:1-2
My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.

1 Kings 2:3
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

Deuteronomy 11:1
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.


Treasury of Scripture

I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.

for all my

Psalm 44:20,21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; …

Psalm 98:8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

Psalm 139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies
The psalmist begins with a declaration of obedience, emphasizing a personal commitment to God's commands. The Hebrew word for "obey" is "shamar," which means to keep, guard, or observe. This suggests a vigilant and careful adherence to God's instructions. The term "precepts" refers to specific guidelines or rules given by God, while "testimonies" are the divine decrees or laws that bear witness to God's will and character. Historically, these terms reflect the covenant relationship between God and His people, where obedience is a response to God's faithfulness and love.

for all my ways are before You
This phrase acknowledges God's omniscience and the psalmist's awareness of living under God's watchful eye. The Hebrew word for "ways" is "derek," which can mean a path, journey, or manner of life. It implies that every aspect of the psalmist's life is open and transparent before God. The phrase "before You" underscores the belief in God's intimate involvement in human affairs, a theme prevalent throughout the Scriptures. It serves as a reminder of the accountability and reverence due to God, who sees and knows all. This awareness inspires a life of integrity and devotion, as the psalmist seeks to align his actions with God's will.

Verse 168. - I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies (comp. vers. 166,167). The assertion is made more broadly than a Christian would make it. But there is no intention to claim absolute perfection (see vers. 67, 71, 116, 117, 133, 176, etc.). For all my ways are before thee. Knowing that nothing which I do, or say, or think is hidden from thee, I have striven to keep thy Law in thought and word and deed.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I obey
שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי (šā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

Your precepts
פִ֭קּוּדֶיךָ (p̄iq·qū·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6490: Appointed, a mandate

and Your testimonies,
וְעֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ (wə·‘ê·ḏō·ṯe·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5713: Testimony, witness

for
כִּ֖י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

my ways
דְּרָכַ֣י (də·rā·ḵay)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

are before You.
נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ (neḡ·de·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before


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