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Psalms 119:171

119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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Let my lips utter praise, for you teach me your statutes.

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.

119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.

What does Psalms 119:171 mean?

Psalms 119:171 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׂפָה (sâphâh), נָבַע (nâbaʻ), תְּהִלָּה (tᵉhillâh).

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My
lipsשָׂפָהsâphâh/saw-faw'/H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
shall
utterנָבַעnâbaʻ/naw-bah'/H5042to gush forth; figuratively, to utter (good or bad words); specifically, to emit (a foul odor)
praise,תְּהִלָּהtᵉhillâh/teh-hil-law'/H8416laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
when
thou
hast
taughtלָמַדlâmad/law-mad'/H3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
me
thy
statutes.חֹקchôq/khoke/H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:171.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

Deuteronomy 4:14

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

Deuteronomy 4:5

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

Deuteronomy 5:1

And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. keep: Heb. keep to do them

Deuteronomy 5:31

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

Deuteronomy 6:1

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: go: Heb. pass over

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What does Psalms 119:171 say?

Psalms 119:171 (King James Version) reads: "My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes."

Is Psalms 119:171 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:171 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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