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Psalms 119:129–132
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Psalms 119:129
129Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
129¶ Thy Testimonies are wonderfull: therefore doeth my soule keepe them.
Psalms 119:130
130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
130The entrance of thy wordes giueth light: it giueth vnderstanding vnto the simple.
Psalms 119:131
131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy Commandements.
Psalms 119:132
132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
132Looke thou vpon mee, and be mercifull vnto me: †as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy Name.
- Hebr according to the custome towards those, &c.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 119:129
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
testimonies
Witnesses, records, declarations, or divine commands that bear witness.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; exciting surprise; strange; astonishing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Psalms 119:130
A way or place of entering; the act, means, or opportunity of entering or coming in.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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understanding
Discernment, intelligence, comprehension, or the faculty of knowing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Without guile; sincere or harmless; in other contexts, lacking wisdom or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Psalms 119:131
Made open, uncovered, unsealed, revealed, or made accessible.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Extending a great distance or duration; also to desire earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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commandments
Authoritative commands, laws, or precepts; especially commands given by God, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Psalms 119:132
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Showing mercy, compassion, or readiness to forgive.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 129
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Open the full verse study6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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Open the full verse study10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
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Open the full verse study1O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
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Open the full verse study18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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Open the full verse study146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
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Open the full verse study2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
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Open the full verse study31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.
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Open the full verse study6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
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Open the full verse study10And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
From verse 130
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Open the full verse study105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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Open the full verse study23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Open the full verse study6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
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Open the full verse study7The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
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Open the full verse study77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Open the full verse study19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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Open the full verse study22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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Open the full verse study13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Open the full verse study4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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Open the full verse study15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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Open the full verse study20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
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Open the full verse study4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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Open the full verse study4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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Open the full verse study18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
From verse 131
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Open the full verse study1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
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Open the full verse study20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
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Open the full verse study2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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Open the full verse study14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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Open the full verse study8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
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Open the full verse study10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
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Open the full verse study23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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Open the full verse study162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
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Open the full verse study174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.
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Open the full verse study40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
From verse 132
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Open the full verse study4Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
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Open the full verse study124Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
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Open the full verse study11And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
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Open the full verse study16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
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Open the full verse study18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
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Open the full verse study12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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Open the full verse study31And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
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Open the full verse study6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
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Open the full verse study7¶ I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
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