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Psalms 119:27

119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

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Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.

119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. melteth: Heb. droppeth

What does Psalms 119:27 mean?

Psalms 119:27 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בִּין (bîyn), דֶּרֶךְ (derek), פִּקּוּד (piqqûwd).

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Make
me
to
understandבִּיןbîyn/bene/H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
the
wayדֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
of
thy
precepts:פִּקּוּדpiqqûwd/pik-kood'/H6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
so
shall
I
talkשִׂיחַsîyach/see'-akh/H7878to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
of
thy
wondrous
works.פָּלָאpâlâʼ/paw-law'/H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:27.

1 Chronicles 16:9

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Psalms 119:15

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

Psalms 119:78

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

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What does Psalms 119:27 say?

Psalms 119:27 (King James Version) reads: "Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works."

Is Psalms 119:27 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:27 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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