Psalms 119:79

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

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

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Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

Let those that fear you turn to me, and those that have known your testimonies.

119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

What does Psalms 119:79 mean?

Psalms 119:79 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָרֵא (yârêʼ), שׁוּב (shûwb), יָדַע (yâdaʻ).

Hebrew interlinear

Let

those

that

fearיָרֵאyârêʼ/yaw-ray'/H3373fearing; morally, reverent

thee

turnשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

unto

me,

and

those

that

have

knownיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

thy

testimonies.עֵדָהʻêdâh/ay-daw'/H5713testimony

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Instruction

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:79.

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 119:79 say?

Psalms 119:79 (King James Version) reads: "Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies."

Is Psalms 119:79 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:79 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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