Bible Strands
Psalms 119:26
I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God directly, speaking in the immediate aftermath of his confession of spiritual stagnation in Psalm 119:25.
The words — The verb סִפַּרְתִּי (siparti) literally means "I recounted" or "I numbered," describing the psalmist's deliberate accounting of his conduct. The noun חֻקֶּֽיךָ (chuqqekha) translates to "your decrees" or "your statutes," denoting the fixed laws he requests instruction in.
The thread — This petition for divine instructional clarity recurs in Psalm 25:4, Psalm 27:11, and Psalm 86:11, where the speaker consistently asks the Lord to reveal His ways and teach His paths.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to first examine their own actions and then request authoritative guidance rather than relying on self-derived understanding. It demands submission to divine instruction as the necessary response to personal confession.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Cross-references
- Psalms 86:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
- Psalms 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- Psalms 27:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
- Psalms 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Psalms 38:18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- Psalms 119:12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
- Psalms 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- 1 Kings 8:36 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.