Psalms 119:7

119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. thy: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness

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I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.

119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

What does Psalms 119:7 mean?

Psalms 119:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָדָה (yâdâh), יֹשֶׁר (yôsher), לֵבָב (lêbâb).

Hebrew interlinear

will

praiseיָדָהyâdâh/yaw-daw'/H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

thee

with

uprightnessיֹשֶׁרyôsher/yo'-sher/H3476the right

heart,לֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);

when

shall

have

learnedלָמַדlâmad/law-mad'/H3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

thy

righteousצֶדֶקtsedeq/tseh'-dek/H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity

judgments.מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

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judgments

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righteousness

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:7.

Deuteronomy 9:5

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Psalms 7:17

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 119:7 say?

Psalms 119:7 (King James Version) reads: "I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. thy: Heb. judgments of thy righteousness"

Is Psalms 119:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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