Psalms 119:58

119:57 CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

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

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I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.

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

I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word.

119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

What does Psalms 119:58 mean?

Psalms 119:58 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָלָה (châlâh), פָּנִים (pânîym), לֵב (lêb).

Hebrew interlinear

intreatedחָלָהchâlâh/khaw-law'/H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

thy

favourפָּנִיםpânîym/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.)

with

whole

heart:לֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

mercifulחָנַןchânan/khaw-nan'/H2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

unto

according

thy

word.אִמְרָהʼimrâh/im-raw'/H565{something said}

favour:

Heb.

face

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:58.

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

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What does Psalms 119:58 say?

Psalms 119:58 (King James Version) reads: "I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. favour: Heb. face"

Is Psalms 119:58 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:58 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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