Psalms 119:160

119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

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

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All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. SIN AND SHIN

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

Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.

119:161 SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

What does Psalms 119:160 mean?

Psalms 119:160 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּבָר (dâbâr), אֶמֶת (ʼemeth), רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh).

Hebrew interlinear

Thy

wordדָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

trueאֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/H571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness

from

the

beginning:רֹאשׁrôʼsh/roshe/H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

and

every

one

thy

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

judgmentsמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

endureth

for

ever.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

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word:

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The

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thy

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:160.

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Genesis 40:13

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. lift: or, reckon

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Psalms 15:2

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

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What does Psalms 119:160 say?

Psalms 119:160 (King James Version) reads: "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"

Is Psalms 119:160 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:160 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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