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Psalm 119:35

Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

33Teach me, LORD, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
35Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
36Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.
37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
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The plea for direction comes from someone who delights in God’s commandments, showing that love for his words still has need of his help.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 1:2but his delight is in the LORD’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.Both passages describe delight in God’s instruction; Psalm 1 also names meditation on his law as a day-and-night practice.
Romans 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward person,Both speakers express delight in God’s law, with Romans locating that delight in the inward person.
Psalm 112:1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.Delight in God’s commandments appears in both psalms, and Psalm 112 connects it with fearing the LORD.
Ezekiel 36:26–27I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of …Both concern God’s work in a person: the psalm asks for direction, while Ezekiel promises a new heart and spirit.
Psalm 23:3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Both use the picture of a path for right living and look to God as the one who guides.
Psalm 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.Both prayers ask God to lead the speaker into a life shaped by his will.
Proverbs 4:11I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.Both describe guidance through the language of paths, linking the way ahead with commandments or wisdom.
Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.Both connect desire and action with God’s help: the psalm asks for direction, and Philippians describes God working within believers.
1 John 5:3For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.Both speak positively of God’s commandments: the psalm expresses delight, and John says they are not grievous.
Hebrews 13:21make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory …Both prayers seek God’s help for obedience, asking him to direct or equip people to do his will.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,Both picture right conduct as walking a path, described through God’s commandments in the psalm and righteousness and justice in Proverbs.
Jeremiah 6:10To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, the LORD’s word has become a …Both address delight in what God says, but Jeremiah describes people who have no delight in the LORD’s word.
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Encouragement

Your need for God’s direction can coexist with delight in his commands. Even the person who loves the path asks God for help walking it.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).