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Psalms 119:159

119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

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Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.

Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.

119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Thy word: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true

What does Psalms 119:159 mean?

Psalms 119:159 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָאָה (râʼâh), אָהַב (ʼâhab), פִּקּוּד (piqqûwd).

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Considerרָאָהrâʼâh/raw-aw'/H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
how
I
loveאָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
thy
precepts:פִּקּוּדpiqqûwd/pik-kood'/H6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
quickenחָיָהchâyâh/khaw-yaw'/H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
me,
O
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
according
to
thy
lovingkindness.חֵסֵדchêçêd/kheh'-sed/H2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:159.

Deuteronomy 5:10

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Exodus 20:6

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Genesis 12:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

Genesis 19:19

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 6:5

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day

Genesis 7:1

And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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What does Psalms 119:159 say?

Psalms 119:159 (King James Version) reads: "Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness."

Is Psalms 119:159 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:159 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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