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Psalms 119:48–56

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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
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From verse 48

  1. Psalms 119:15Rank 1 from verse 48
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    15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

  2. Matthew 7:21Rank 2 from verse 48
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    21¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

  3. Psalms 1:2Rank 3 from verse 48
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    2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

  4. John 15:14Rank 4 from verse 48
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  5. John 13:17Rank 5 from verse 48
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    17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

From verse 49

  1. 2 Samuel 7:25Rank 1 from verse 49
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    25And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

  2. Psalms 106:45Rank 2 from verse 49
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    45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  3. Psalms 106:4Rank 3 from verse 49
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    4Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

  4. 1 Peter 1:13Rank 4 from verse 49
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    13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  5. Psalms 105:42Rank 5 from verse 49
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    42For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

From verse 50

  1. Romans 15:4Rank 1 from verse 50
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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

  2. John 6:63Rank 2 from verse 50
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    63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

  3. Psalms 94:19Rank 3 from verse 50
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    19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  4. Psalms 28:7Rank 4 from verse 50
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    7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

  5. Psalms 42:11Rank 5 from verse 50
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    11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

From verse 51

  1. Job 23:11Rank 1 from verse 51
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    11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

  2. Jeremiah 20:7Rank 2 from verse 51
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    7¶ O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.

  3. Psalms 119:157Rank 3 from verse 51
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    157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

  4. Psalms 44:18Rank 4 from verse 51
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    18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

  5. Acts 20:23–24Rank 5 from verse 51
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    23Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

    24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

From verse 52

  1. Psalms 103:18Rank 1 from verse 52
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    18To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

  2. Psalms 105:5Rank 2 from verse 52
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    5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

  3. Psalms 77:11–12Rank 3 from verse 52
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    11I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.

    12I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

  4. 2 Peter 2:4–9Rank 4 from verse 52
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    4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

    6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

    7And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

    8(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

    9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

  5. Deuteronomy 1:35–36Rank 5 from verse 52
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    35Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,

    36Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

From verse 53

  1. Ezra 9:3Rank 1 from verse 53
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    3And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

  2. Psalms 119:158Rank 2 from verse 53
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    158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.

  3. Ezra 10:6Rank 3 from verse 53
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    6¶ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

  4. Jeremiah 13:17Rank 4 from verse 53
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    17But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

  5. Philippians 3:18Rank 5 from verse 53
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    18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

From verse 54

  1. Hebrews 11:13–16Rank 1 from verse 54
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

    15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

    16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  2. Genesis 47:9Rank 2 from verse 54
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    9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

  3. Psalms 10:1Rank 3 from verse 54
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    1WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  4. Psalms 89:1Rank 4 from verse 54
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    1I WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

From verse 55

  1. Psalms 63:6Rank 1 from verse 55
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    6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

  2. Psalms 42:8Rank 2 from verse 55
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    8Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

  3. Isaiah 26:9Rank 3 from verse 55
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    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.

  4. Acts 16:25Rank 4 from verse 55
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    25¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

  5. Job 35:9–10Rank 5 from verse 55
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    9By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

    10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

From verse 56

  1. Psalms 119:165Rank 1 from verse 56
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    165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

  2. 1 John 3:19–24Rank 2 from verse 56
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    19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

    20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

    22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

    23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

  3. Psalms 18:18–22Rank 3 from verse 56
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    18They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

    19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

    20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

    21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

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Psalms 119:48

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hands

The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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commandments

Authoritative commands, laws, or precepts; especially commands given by God, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890

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Psalms 119:49

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Remember

To retain or bring to mind; to be mindful of, regard, mention, or act upon a remembrance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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word

A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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servant

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

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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Psalms 119:50

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comfort

Strength, relief, encouragement, or consolation in distress; also to strengthen, encourage, or console.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828

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word

A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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Psalms 119:51

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proud

Having an unduly high opinion of oneself; haughty or self-exalting.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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law

A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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Psalms 119:52

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old

Advanced in age; having existed a long time; former or belonging to an earlier time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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Lord

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 · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828

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myself

A compound of my and self, used after I, to express emphasis, marking emphatically the distinction between the speaker and unother person.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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Psalms 119:53

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taken

Received, seized, carried, accepted, captured, chosen, or laid hold of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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hold

To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

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forsake

To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart from. To leave; to withdraw from; to fail. To abandon; to renounce; to reject.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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law

A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 119:54

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

house

A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage

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Psalms 119:55

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name

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

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Lord

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 · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

law

A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

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Psalms 119:56

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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

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49Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

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50This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

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51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

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52I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.

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53Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

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54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

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55I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.

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56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

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57Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.

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