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Psalms 119:57

119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

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Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.

Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.

You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.

119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. favour: Heb. face

What does Psalms 119:57 mean?

Psalms 119:57 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֵלֶק (chêleq), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אָמַר (ʼâmar).

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CHETH.
Thou
art
my
portion,חֵלֶקchêleq/khay'lek/H2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
O
LORD:יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
I
have
saidאָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
that
I
would
keepשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
thy
words.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 119:57.

Genesis 4:9

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. the man: or, Adam

Genesis 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: thou: Heb. eating thou shalt eat

Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. meet: Heb. as before him

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea: Heb. Yea, because, etc.

Genesis 3:13

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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What does Psalms 119:57 say?

Psalms 119:57 (King James Version) reads: "CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words."

Is Psalms 119:57 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:57 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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