Psalms 119:144

119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. taken: Heb. found me

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

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Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live. KUF

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.

119:145 KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

What does Psalms 119:144 mean?

Psalms 119:144 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include צֶדֶק (tsedeq), עֵדוּת (ʻêdûwth), עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm).

Hebrew interlinear

The

righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedeq/tseh'-dek/H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

thy

testimoniesעֵדוּתʻêdûwth/ay-dooth'/H5715testimony

everlasting:עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always

give

understanding,בִּיןbîyn/bene/H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

and

shall

live.חָיָהchâyâh/khaw-yaw'/H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

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Exodus 27:21

In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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What does Psalms 119:144 say?

Psalms 119:144 (King James Version) reads: "The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live."

Is Psalms 119:144 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:144 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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