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Psalms 119:122–123

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Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
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From verse 122

  1. Hebrews 7:22Rank 1 from verse 122
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    22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

  2. Psalms 119:21Rank 2 from verse 122
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    21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

  3. Isaiah 38:14Rank 3 from verse 122
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    14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  4. Job 17:3Rank 4 from verse 122
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    3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

  5. Proverbs 22:26–27Rank 5 from verse 122
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    26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

From verse 123

  1. Psalms 130:6Rank 1 from verse 123
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    6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

  2. Lamentations 4:17Rank 2 from verse 123
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    17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

  3. Psalms 119:81–82Rank 3 from verse 123
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    81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

    82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

  4. Psalms 143:7Rank 4 from verse 123
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    7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

  5. Psalms 69:3Rank 5 from verse 123
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    3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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Psalms 119:122

COMBINED MEANING

surety

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1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

surity

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1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:123

COMBINED MEANING

eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fail

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Sense 1: To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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119:121I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

119:122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

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119:123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

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119:124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

119:125I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

119:126It is time for thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void thy law.

119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

119:128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.

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