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Psalm 119:66
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
64The earth is full of your loving kindness, LORD. Teach me your statutes. TETH
65You have treated your servant well, according to your word, LORD.
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
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The request for good judgment comes from someone who already believes God's commandments, leaving room for trust and a real need to learn.
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Psalm 25:5Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long.Both prayers ask God to teach, grounding the request in trust in his commandments or in him as the God of salvation.
Philippians 1:9This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,Both prayers seek knowledge together with discernment or good judgment; Philippians connects that growth with abounding love.
1 Corinthians 13:7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.Both mention believing, though the psalm names God's commandments as its object, while Corinthians describes love's enduring trust.
Proverbs 2:1–9My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,Both connect learning with a receptive stance toward commandments: believing them in the psalm and receiving and storing them in Proverbs.
1 Kings 3:9Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people …Both ask God for judgment, with the king's prayer specifying discernment between good and evil in governing God's people.
James 3:13–18Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.Both concern wisdom and understanding, though James emphasizes conduct that shows wisdom and the psalm asks God to teach good judgment.
Psalm 119:34Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.Both ask God for understanding tied to his commands, expressing belief in verse 66 and a resolve to obey in verse 34.
Psalm 25:9He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.God is the teacher in both verses: one asks him for good judgment, and the other describes his teaching of the humble.
Psalm 119:160All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHINBoth express confidence in God's instruction: verse 66 declares belief in his commandments, and verse 160 declares his words true.
Matthew 13:11He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.Both concern knowledge received from beyond oneself, though Matthew speaks of kingdom mysteries and the psalm asks for judgment and knowledge.
Isaiah 11:2–4The LORD’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the …Both associate knowledge and wise understanding with God: the psalm asks him to teach, and Isaiah describes the gifts of his Spirit.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,The shared thread is moral judgment: the psalm seeks good judgment, while wisdom in Proverbs walks in righteousness and justice.
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You need no pretense of having every answer to pray these words. The psalmist believes God's commandments and still asks to be taught. Faith leaves room for learning.
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