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Psalm 119:60
I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
58I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
61The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
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The words “hurry” and “not delay” draw attention to the gap that can open between knowing God's commands and choosing to act on them.
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Psalm 95:7–8for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!Psalm 95 urges hearing God's voice today; Psalm 119 expresses a resolve to obey God's commands without delay.
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.Both commend resolve in action: the psalm stresses obedience without delay, while Ecclesiastes urges doing the work at hand with might.
Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’The psalm rejects delay in obedience; Acts urges its hearer to stop waiting and be baptized, calling on the Lord.
Galatians 1:16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,The connection is limited: the psalm names prompt obedience, while Paul describes his calling to preach and the consultation he deferred.
Proverbs 27:1Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.The psalm resolves against delay, while Proverbs warns against boasting about a tomorrow whose events remain unknown.
Genesis 22:3Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, …Abraham rises early and sets out for the place God named, echoing the psalm's readiness to act on God's commands.
Genesis 29:1Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.The shared thread is action: Jacob goes onward, though Genesis here says nothing about haste or obedience to a command.
Matthew 4:20They immediately left their nets and followed him.Leaving the nets at once to follow him shares the psalm's resolve to respond without delay.
Genesis 17:23Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and …Abraham carries out circumcision that same day as God directed, matching the psalm's resolve to obey without delay.
Genesis 21:14Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and …Abraham's early start offers a limited link with haste; the supplied Genesis verse does not identify his action as obedience.
Ezekiel 10:6–8It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” that he went in …The man clothed in linen moves to the wheel when commanded, sharing the psalm's direct movement from command to action.
Acts 10:29Therefore I also came without complaint when I was sent for. I ask therefore, why did you send for me?”Coming without complaint when summoned shares the psalm's readiness to respond, though Acts here does not specify speed.
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The haste here follows reflection: the writer has considered his ways and turned toward God's statutes. God's commands deserve a response without delay.
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