Skip to main content
Psalmlog Logo
Read

Psalm 119:7

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
6Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments.
7I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.
8I will observe your statutes. Don’t utterly forsake me. BETH
9How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
World English BibleRead in NIV in Psalmlog →
← Psalm 119:6Psalm 119:8 →
Notice

Learning God's judgments becomes a reason for thanks here, while “uprightness of heart” draws attention to the heart behind the words of praise.

Questions to write on. Each one opens a new entry with this verse already attached.

What might giving thanks with “uprightness of heart” look like in your own words today?

Write on this

Where, if anywhere, has learning God's judgments led you toward thanks?

Write on this
Connect

Where else Scripture says this

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

This verse's connections, by chapterThe Bible's strongest chapter linksHover or tap a book to trace it
Psalm 13:6I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me.Both express a resolve to praise God, prompted by his goodness in Psalm 13 and learning his righteous judgments here.
Psalm 119:171Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.Both link praise with learning God's instruction: righteous judgments here, and statutes taught by God in verse 171.
John 6:45It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father and has learned, comes to me.Both speak of learning from God; the psalm links learning with thanks, while Jesus links it with coming to him.
Psalm 119:12Blessed are you, LORD. Teach me your statutes.Both join praise to learning God's instruction, with verse 12 making the request for teaching explicit.
Psalm 25:4–5Show me your ways, LORD. Teach me your paths.Learning God's judgments here shares Psalm 25's desire to be taught God's ways and paths.
1 Chronicles 29:13–17Now therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name.Both address God with thanks and praise; the supplied line from Chronicles does not mention learning his judgments.
Isaiah 48:17The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.God's teaching is central to both: the psalmist learns righteous judgments, and Isaiah names God as teacher and guide.
Hebrews 10:22let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water,Both connect approaching God with the heart's condition: uprightness in giving thanks and a true heart in drawing near.
Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,Both concern instruction: the psalmist learns God's judgments, while Deuteronomy names statutes and ordinances Moses spoke to Israel.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. sermon or Bible study notes. praise and worship.

What the Bible says about gratitude →What the Bible says about worship →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 119:7; write one sentence thanking God for his judgments.

scriptureoncelight
Encouragement

The psalmist expects learning to lead toward thanks. God's judgments are righteous, and knowing them is reason to praise him with an upright heart.

Now put it in your words.

Start an entry on Psalm 119:7. Write what it stirs. Psalmlog sets your words beside Scripture and gives you one next step. Your first entry is free, no account needed.

Keep goingPsalm 119 · the whole chapter with its connection mapPsalms · every chapterBuild a reading plan through Psalms

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).