Bible in Basic English
"If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!"
— Psalms 119:5, Bible in Basic English
“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”
“Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes! ”
“Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!”
“If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!”
“Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:”
“O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!”
Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.
They do no evil; they go in his ways.
You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.
If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.
I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.