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Psalm 119:106

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

104Through your precepts, I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
105Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.
107I am afflicted very much. Revive me, LORD, according to your word.
108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
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Notice

The oath, followed by its confirmation, gives weight to the speaker’s resolve: obedience is a commitment made before God, whose ordinances he recognizes as righteous.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods …Joshua declares that his household will serve the LORD, while the psalm’s speaker confirms his commitment to obey God’s ordinances.
Psalm 101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.Both speakers express a firm intention to live rightly, with Psalm 101 naming conduct within the home.
Daniel 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the …Daniel’s resolve concerns food and wine, while the psalm’s oath concerns God’s ordinances; both describe a settled intention governing conduct.
Psalm 17:3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.Both speakers state their resolve to obey, with Psalm 17 focusing that resolve on what the mouth says.
Nehemiah 10:29joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to …Both texts describe an oath to obey God’s commands, with Nehemiah recording a shared commitment to the law given through Moses.
Psalm 56:12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.Both speakers acknowledge vows before God, though Psalm 56 names thank offerings and Psalm 119 names obedience to his ordinances.
Psalm 119:8I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETHBoth verses declare an intention to obey God’s instruction; verse 8 also pleads that God will not forsake the speaker.
Ecclesiastes 5:4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.The psalm records a confirmed oath to obey God, and Ecclesiastes insists that a vow to God must be carried out.
2 Corinthians 8:5This was not as we had expected, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.Both passages describe commitment to God: the psalm through an oath of obedience, and Corinthians through people giving themselves to the Lord.
2 Kings 23:3The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with …Both texts join a solemn commitment before God with the intention to keep his written commands.
Genesis 28:20Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,Both passages record vows, though Jacob begins with conditions about God’s care and the psalm declares obedience without stating conditions.
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Encouragement

Your resolve can include a plea for help. The speaker who swears obedience also asks God for life and teaching; God’s righteous ordinances remain his guide.

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