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Psalms 119:87

119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. faithful: Heb. faithfulness
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

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They had almost wiped me from the earth, but I didn’t forsake your precepts.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

They had almost consumed me on earth; but I forsook not your precepts.

119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

What does Psalms 119:87 mean?

Psalms 119:87 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ), כָּלָה (kâlâh), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

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They
had
almostמְעַטmᵉʻaṭ/meh-at'/H4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
consumedכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
me
upon
earth;אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
but
I
forsookעָזַבʻâzab/aw-zab'/H5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
not
thy
precepts.פִּקּוּדpiqqûwd/pik-kood'/H6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)

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InstructionObedience

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:87.

1 Chronicles 28:20

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:34

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. did help: Heb. strengthened them

2 Kings 8:6

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. officer: or, eunuch

Nehemiah 4:2

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? fortify: Heb. leave to themselves

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What does Psalms 119:87 say?

Psalms 119:87 (King James Version) reads: "They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts."

Is Psalms 119:87 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:87 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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