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Psalms 119:77–78

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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
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From verse 77

  1. Lamentations 3:22–23Rank 1 from verse 77
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    22It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

    23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

  2. Psalms 119:174Rank 2 from verse 77
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    174I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

  3. Psalms 1:2Rank 3 from verse 77
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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. Psalms 119:41Rank 4 from verse 77
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    41Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

  5. Psalms 119:24Rank 5 from verse 77
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    24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellers.

From verse 78

  1. 1 Peter 2:20Rank 1 from verse 78
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    20For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  2. John 15:25Rank 2 from verse 78
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    25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

  3. Psalms 119:23Rank 3 from verse 78
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    23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

  4. Psalms 119:51Rank 4 from verse 78
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    51The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.

  5. Psalms 25:3Rank 5 from verse 78
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    3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

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Psalms 119:77

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

tender

Soft or delicate; young, weak, or not hardy; sensitive or responsive; compassionate or merciful, according to context.

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

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mercies

Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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live

Having life; having respiration and other organic functions in operation, or in a capacity to operate; not dead; Having vegetable life; to continue in constantly or habitually.

Meaning drawn from: 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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delight

To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy. A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.

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

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Psalms 119:78

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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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dealt

To deal: to distribute, allot, act toward another, or conduct a matter.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage

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without

Outside; not within; lacking; free from; or in the absence of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

cause

A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case; as a verb, to make something happen.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828

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76Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

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78Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

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79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

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