Psalms 119:10
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With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
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Here is, 1. David's experience of a good work God had wrought in him, which he takes the comfort of and pleads with God: "I have sought thee, sought to thee as my oracle, sought after thee as my happiness, sought thee as my God; for should not a people seek unto their God? If I have not yet found thee, I have sought thee, and thou never saidst, Seek in vain, nor wilt say so to me, for I have sought thee with my heart, with my whole heart, sought thee only, sought thee diligently." 2. His prayer for the preservation of that work: "Thou that hast inclined me to seek thy precepts, never suffer me to wander from them." The best are sensible of their aptness to wander; and the more we have found of the pleasure there is in keeping God's commandments the more afraid we shall be of wandering from them and the more earnest we shall be in prayer to God for his grace to prevent our wanderings.
Open source ↗119:10 The student asks God the teacher to discipline him so that he will not wander.
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Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn it with all their heart. They had sought Him earnestly, and He was found by them. So the LORD gave them rest on every side.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.