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Psalms 119:136

119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

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Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law. TZADI

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.

119:137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

What does Psalms 119:136 mean?

Psalms 119:136 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פֶּלֶג (peleg), מַיִם (mayim), יָרַד (yârad).

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Riversפֶּלֶגpeleg/peh'-leg/H6388a rill (i.e. small channel of water, as in irrigation)
of
watersמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
run
downיָרַדyârad/yaw-rad'/H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
mine
eyes,עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
because
they
keepשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
not
thy
law.תּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:136.

Exodus 16:28

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

Genesis 16:7

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Genesis 21:19

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

Genesis 24:13

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

Genesis 24:16

And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. very: Heb. good of countenance

Genesis 24:43

Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

Genesis 24:45

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Genesis 26:5

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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What does Psalms 119:136 say?

Psalms 119:136 (King James Version) reads: "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law."

Is Psalms 119:136 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:136 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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