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Psalms 119:158–160
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Psalms 119:158
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
158I beheld the transgressours, and was grieued: because they kept not thy word.
Psalms 119:159
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
159Consider how I loue thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy louing kindnesse.
Psalms 119:160
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
160†Thy word is true from the beginning: and euery one of thy righteous iudgements endureth for euer.
- Heb. the beginning of thy word is true.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 119:158
Saw, looked upon, observed, or regarded.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
transgressors
Persons who pass beyond a command or boundary, or violate a law.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pained; afflicted; suffering sorrow.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
For the reason that; since.
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Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Psalms 119:159
To think upon carefully; to examine, observe, regard, or take into account.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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)
Commands, rules, or authoritative instructions.
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To give life to, make alive, or revive.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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lovingkindness
Merciful kindness, tender favor, and steadfast goodness.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 119:160
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Conforming to fact, reality, or a right standard; faithful, genuine, correct, or dependable.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. The first cause; origin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
At any time; always; continually; or forever, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 158
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Open the full verse study53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
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Open the full verse study21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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Open the full verse study136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
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Open the full verse study4And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
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Open the full verse study5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
From verse 159
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Open the full verse study97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
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Open the full verse study153Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
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Open the full verse study3I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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Open the full verse study22And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
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Open the full verse study19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
From verse 160
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Open the full verse study5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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Open the full verse study16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
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Open the full verse study144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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Open the full verse study18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
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Open the full verse study142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
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Open the full verse study14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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Open the full verse study152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
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Open the full verse study75I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
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Open the full verse study86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
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Open the full verse study138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
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