Psalms 119:164

119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

KJV

Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.

119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. nothing: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock

What does Psalms 119:164 mean?

Psalms 119:164 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ), יוֹם (yôwm), הָלַל (hâlal).

Hebrew interlinear

Seven

timesשֶׁבַעshebaʻ/sheh'-bah/H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

dayיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

praiseהָלַלhâlal/haw-lal'/H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

thee

because

thy

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

judgments.מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/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

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:164.

Genesis 5:31

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Genesis 7:10

And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. after: or, on the seventh day

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates

Genesis 7:4

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out

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.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 119:164 say?

Psalms 119:164 (King James Version) reads: "Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments."

Is Psalms 119:164 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:164 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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