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Psalms 119:55–57

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I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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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.

From verse 57

  1. Lamentations 3:24Rank 1 from verse 57
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    24The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

  2. Psalms 16:5Rank 2 from verse 57
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    5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

  3. Psalms 142:5Rank 3 from verse 57
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    5I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

  4. Jeremiah 10:16Rank 4 from verse 57
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    16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

  5. Psalms 73:26Rank 5 from verse 57
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    26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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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

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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 119:56

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Psalms 119:57

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portion

A part, share, or allotment; as a verb, to divide or allot shares.

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

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

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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said

Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.

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

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

keep

To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage

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words

Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.

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

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

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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58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

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