Psalms 119:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 119:4

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

KJV

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ASV

Thou hast commandedus thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

WEB

You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.

YLT

Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

DBT

Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Jeremiah 7:23
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Deuteronomy 28:1–14
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

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): Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts, to make religion our rule; and to keep them diligently, to make religion our business and to mind it carefully and constantly. We are bound, and must obey at our peril. To look up to God for wisdom and grace to do so (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

precepts--are those directions which relate to special conduct, from a word meaning "to inspect." statutes--or ordinances, positive laws of permanent nature. Both words originally denote rather positive than moral laws, such as derive force from the divine appointment, whether their nature or the reasons for them are apprehended by us or not. commandments--or institutions.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 119:4JHN 14:21 JHN 14:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 119:4JHN 14:21 2JN 1:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 119:4JHN 14:21 1JN 5:3
PSA 119:4JHN 14:21 1JN 2:5
PSA 119:4MAT 28:20 ISA 41:10
PSA 119:4JHN 14:21 JHN 15:9-10
PSA 119:4MAT 28:20 JOS 1:5
PSA 119:4MAT 28:20 ACT 18:9-10

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