Psalms 119:108 · American Standard Version
Psalms 119:108 in the Original Hebrew
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Psalms 119:108 in Other Translations
| KJV | Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. |
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| WEB | Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances. |
| ASV | Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances. |
| YLT | Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me. |
| WBT | Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will-offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. |
| DBY | Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments. |
Commentary on Psalms 119:108
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John Gill · Psalms 119:108
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway,.... He had prayed to God to incline his heart to them, Psa 119:36; and by the grace of God his heart was inclined to obedience to them; and nothing but that can incline the heart, which is naturally averse unto them: the carnal mind is not subject to the law of God, nor can it be, until it is made so by the grace of God, Rom 8:7; and by this the psalmist had prevailed upon his heart to keep the statutes of the Lord, and do them, and that continually; for a good man is desirous of being steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord;
even unto the end; the end of life, as long as he lived. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin version render it, "for a recompence"; and the Arabic version, "for an eternal recompence"; but the Ethiopic version the reverse, "not for a recompence", or benefit: which latter is the truth, though neither of them a right version; for the statutes are to be kept, not for the sake of a recompence of reward, but from love to God, and; in duty to him, without any mercenary views; though the word does sometimes signify "a reward", and may be rendered here, "for ever there is a reward" (i); as there is "in", though not "for", keeping the commands; see Psa 19:11.
(i) "in aeternum est retributio", Clarius.
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Questions about Psalms 119:108
What does Psalms 119:108 say?
Psalms 119:108 in the American Standard Version reads: “Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.” Read it in the full context of Psalms 119, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Psalms 119:108 found in the Bible?
Psalms 119:108 is in the book of Psalms, chapter 119, verse 108, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Psalms 119:108 shown in?
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Two things we are here taught to pray for, in reference to our religious performances: - 1. Acceptance of them. This we must aim at in all we do in religion, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of the Lord. What David here earnestly prays for the acceptance of are the free-will-offerings, not of his purse, but of his mouth, his prayers and praises. The calves of our lips (Hos 14:2), the fruit of our lips (Heb 13:15), these are the spiritual offerings which all Christians, as spiritual priests, must offer to God; and they must be free-will-offerings, for we must offer them abundantly and cheerfully, and it is this willing mind that is accepted. The more there is of freeness and willingness in the service of God the more pleasing it is to him. 2. Assistance in them: Teach me thy judgments. We cannot offer any thing to God which we have reason to think he will accept of, but what he is pleased to instruct us in the doing of; and we must be as earnest for the grace of God in us as for the favour of God towards us.