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Psalms 119:169

119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.

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Let my cry come before you, Yahweh. Give me understanding according to your word.

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.

Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.

119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.

What does Psalms 119:169 mean?

Psalms 119:169 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רִנָּה (rinnâh), קָרַב (qârab), פָּנִים (pânîym).

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TAU.
Let
my
cryרִנָּהrinnâh/rin-naw'/H7440properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
come
nearקָרַבqârab/kaw-rab'/H7126to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
beforeפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
thee,
O
LORD:יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
give
me
understandingבִּיןbîyn/bene/H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
according
to
thy
word.דָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:169.

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. cool: Heb. wind

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 4:6

And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

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 119:169 say?

Psalms 119:169 (King James Version) reads: "TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word."

Is Psalms 119:169 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:169 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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