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Psalms 119:77

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

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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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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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