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Psalms 118:19

118:18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

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Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:

Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:

118:20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.

What does Psalms 118:19 mean?

Psalms 118:19 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּתַח (pâthach), שַׁעַר (shaʻar), צֶדֶק (tsedeq).

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Openפָּתַחpâthach/paw-thakh'/H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
to
me
the
gatesשַׁעַרshaʻar/shah'-ar/H8179an opening, i.e. door or gate
of
righteousness:צֶדֶקtsedeq/tseh'-dek/H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
I
will
goבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into
them,
and
I
will
praiseיָדָהyâdâh/yaw-daw'/H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
the
LORD:יָהּYâhh/yaw/H3050Jah, the sacred name

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 118:19.

Deuteronomy 16:18

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

Genesis 19:1

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

Psalms 7:17

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

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What does Psalms 118:19 say?

Psalms 118:19 (King James Version) reads: "Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:"

Is Psalms 118:19 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 118:19 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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