PSALM 119:57

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Psalm 119:57 Translation & Meaning

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Thou art (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
my portion, חֶלְקִ֖י Properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment portion
O Lord: יְהוָ֥ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God O Lord
I have said אָמַ֗רְתִּי To say (used with great latitude) said
that I would keep לִשְׁמֹ֥ר Properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc would keep
thy words. דְּבָרֶֽיךָ׃ A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause words

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

  • 56  This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

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

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

  • 59  I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.



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