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Psalms 119:113

119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. to perform: Heb. to do
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

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I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.

I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.

119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

What does Psalms 119:113 mean?

Psalms 119:113 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ), סֵעֵף (çêʻêph), תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh).

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SAMECH.
I
hateשָׂנֵאsânêʼ/saw-nay'/H8130to hate (personally)
vain
thoughts:סֵעֵףçêʻêph/say-afe'/H5588divided (in mind), i.e. (concretely) a skeptic
but
thy
lawתּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
do
I
love.אָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:113.

Deuteronomy 21:15

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Deuteronomy 21:16

Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:

Genesis 37:4

And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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What does Psalms 119:113 say?

Psalms 119:113 (King James Version) reads: "SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love."

Is Psalms 119:113 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:113 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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