Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. New Living Translation Teach me your ways, O LORD, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you. English Standard Version Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. Berean Standard Bible Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. King James Bible Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. New King James Version Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. New American Standard Bible Teach me Your way, LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. NASB 1995 Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. NASB 1977 Teach me Thy way, O LORD; I will walk in Thy truth; Unite my heart to fear Thy name. Legacy Standard Bible Teach me Your way, O Yahweh; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. Amplified Bible Teach me Your way, O LORD, I will walk and live in Your truth; Direct my heart to fear Your name [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder]. Christian Standard Bible Teach me your way, LORD, and I will live by your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear your name. Holman Christian Standard Bible Teach me Your way, Yahweh, and I will live by Your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear Your name. American Standard Version Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name. Contemporary English Version Teach me to follow you, and I will obey your truth. Always keep me faithful. English Revised Version Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. GOD'S WORD® Translation Teach me your way, O LORD, so that I may live in your truth. Focus my heart on fearing you. Good News Translation Teach me, LORD, what you want me to do, and I will obey you faithfully; teach me to serve you with complete devotion. International Standard Version Teach me your ways, LORD, that I may walk in your truth; let me wholeheartedly revere your name. Majority Standard Bible Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. NET Bible O LORD, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you! New Heart English Bible Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. Webster's Bible Translation Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. World English Bible Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionShow me, O YHWH, Your way, "" I walk in Your truth, "" My heart rejoices to fear Your Name. Young's Literal Translation Show me, O Jehovah, Thy way, I walk in Thy truth, My heart doth rejoice to fear Thy name. Smith's Literal Translation Teach me, O Jehovah, thy way; I will go in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleConduct me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice that it may fear thy name. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Teach me, LORD, your way that I may walk in your truth, single-hearted and revering your name. New Revised Standard Version Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere your name. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleShow me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in the truth; my heart will rejoice with them that worship thy name. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Show me your road, LORD JEHOVAH, and I shall walk in the truth; my heart shall rejoice with those who are in awe of your Name! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Teach me, O LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; Make one my heart to fear Thy name. Brenton Septuagint Translation Guide me, O Lord, in thy way, and I will walk in thy truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear thy name. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Tried But Trusting…10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God. 11Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. 12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.… Cross References James 1:5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Psalm 25:4-5 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. / Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You. Isaiah 30:21 And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” Colossians 1:9-10 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, / so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, Ephesians 4:1-3 As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: / with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, / and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Philippians 1:9-11 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, / so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, / filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. Psalm 119:33-34 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end. / Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart. Jeremiah 32:39 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them. Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, / so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13 We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. / And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. Treasury of Scripture Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name. teach Psalm 5:8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. Psalm 25:4,12 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths… Psalm 27:11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. I will Psalm 26:3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. Malachi 2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. unite Jeremiah 32:38,39 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: … Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. Hosea 14:8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. Jump to Previous Clear Faith Fear Heart Rejoice Show Teach Truth Undivided Unite Walk WayJump to Next Clear Faith Fear Heart Rejoice Show Teach Truth Undivided Unite Walk WayPsalm 86 1. David strengthens his prayer by the consciousness of his religion5. By the goodness and power of God 11. He desires the continuance of former grace 14. Complaining of the proud, he craves some token of God's goodness Teach me Your way, O LORD The psalmist begins with a humble request for divine instruction. The Hebrew word for "teach" is "לַמֵּד" (lamed), which implies a deep, ongoing process of learning and discipleship. This is not merely about acquiring knowledge but about understanding and living according to God's will. The phrase "Your way" refers to God's path or manner of living, which is righteous and holy. The use of "O LORD" (YHWH) emphasizes the covenantal relationship between God and His people, highlighting the psalmist's reliance on God's faithfulness and guidance. that I may walk in Your truth give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name Unite my heart--i.e., unite all my powers and concentrate them on Thy service. No doubt with recollection of Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12. Comp. also Jeremiah 32:39, on which apparently the expression is directly based. An undivided will is in morals and religion equally essential. Verses 11-17. - The third strophe is almost equally divided between prayer and praise, vers. 11, 16, and 17 being devoted to the one; and vers. 12, 13, and 15 to the other. Ver. 14 is of the nature of a complaint. Verse 11. - Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth (comp. Psalm 25:4; Psalm 27:11; Psalm 119:33). Man cannot know "the way of the Lord," unless he is taught of God. The inward anointing of the Spirit is needful to teach us what God would really have us do (1 John 2:27). It is only when we are thus taught that we can "walk in his truth." Unite my heart to fear thy Name. So Symmachus, who has ἕνωσον; Canon Cook, Dr. Kay, Hupfeld, Professor Alexander, and the Revised Version. Hengstenberg prefers "incline my heart;" and Professor Cheyne would alter the text into accordance with the LXX., Αὐφρανθήτω ἡ καρδία μου, "Make my heart to rejoice." But the textual reading has the weight of authority in its favour, and gives an excellent sense, "Bring all my heart into unison, that it may be wholly fixed on thee." Compare the following verse.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Teach meה֘וֹרֵ֤נִי (hō·w·rê·nî) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach Your way, דַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ (dar·ke·ḵā) Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action O LORD, יְהוָ֨ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and I will walk אֲהַלֵּ֥ךְ (’ă·hal·lêḵ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk in Your truth. בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ (ba·’ă·mit·te·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness Grant me undividedness יַחֵ֥ד (ya·ḥêḏ) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3161: To be united of heart לְ֝בָבִ֗י (lə·ḇā·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart so that I may fear לְיִרְאָ֥ה (lə·yir·’āh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Your name. שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ (šə·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name Links Psalm 86:11 NIVPsalm 86:11 NLT Psalm 86:11 ESV Psalm 86:11 NASB Psalm 86:11 KJV Psalm 86:11 BibleApps.com Psalm 86:11 Biblia Paralela Psalm 86:11 Chinese Bible Psalm 86:11 French Bible Psalm 86:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way Yahweh (Psalm Ps Psa.) |