Bible Strands
Psalms 119:7
I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the LORD, responding to having been taught God's righteous judgments. He sits between a confession of not being ashamed (v. 6) and a plea not to be forsaken (v. 8).
The words — יֹשֶׁר (yosher) means "straightness," a physical term for a line without deviation, here applied to the heart. It denotes alignment, not emotion.
The thread — The same link between being taught and praising appears in Psalms 119:171 ("My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me") and Psalms 119:12 ("Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes").
Why it lands — The verse ties praise to actual learning, not to general piety. It asks the reader to check whether their thanks for God is rooted in engagement with what He is teaching or is merely a reflex.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Cross-references
- Psalms 119:171 My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
- Psalms 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
- Psalms 119:12 Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
- John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
- 1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
- Psalms 9:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Isaiah 48:17 Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Psalms 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
- Psalms 119:27 Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.