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Psalms 119:77

119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. for: Heb. to comfort me
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

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Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.

119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.

What does Psalms 119:77 mean?

Psalms 119:77 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רַחַם (racham), בּוֹא (bôwʼ), חָיָה (châyâh).

Hebrew interlinear

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Let
thy
tender
merciesרַחַםracham/rakh'-am/H7356compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
unto
me,
that
I
may
live:חָיָהchâyâh/khaw-yaw'/H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
for
thy
lawתּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
is
my
delight.שַׁעְשֻׁעַshaʻshuaʻ/shah-shoo'-ah/H8191enjoyment

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:77.

Genesis 6:19

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Genesis 6:20

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

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What does Psalms 119:77 say?

Psalms 119:77 (King James Version) reads: "Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight."

Is Psalms 119:77 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:77 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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