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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:68

In 11 translations

BSB
You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
KJV
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
WEB
You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
ASV
Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
LSV
You [are] good, and doing good, || Teach me Your statutes.
YLT
Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
DBY
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
DRC118:68
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
GNV
Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
JPS
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me Thy statutes.
LXXE118:68
Good art thou, O Lord; therefore in thy goodness teach me thine ordinances.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
טוֹב־אַתָּ֥ה וּמֵטִ֗יב לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br118:68
Χρηστὸς εἶ σὺ Κύριε· καὶ ἐν τῇ χρηστότητί σου δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιωματά σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 119:12Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
  • Psalms 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Exodus 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand…
  • Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
  • Matthew 19:17“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
  • Psalms 107:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Exodus 33:18–19Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.” “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I…
  • Psalms 25:8–9Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
  • Luke 18:19“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
  • Mark 10:18“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
  • Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Isaiah 63:7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
  • Psalms 145:7–9They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness. The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. The LORD is good to all; His…
  • Psalms 119:26I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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