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Psalms 119:97

119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

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How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.

O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day.

119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. they: Heb. it is ever with me

What does Psalms 119:97 mean?

Psalms 119:97 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָהַב (ʼâhab), תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh), שִׂיחָה (sîychâh).

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MEM.
O
how
love
Iאָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
thy
law!תּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
it
is
my
meditationשִׂיחָהsîychâh/see-khaw'/H7881reflection; be extension, devotion
all
the
day.יוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

Commentary on Psalms 119:97

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 119:97
hing else to do, but in the day, when he was full of business and company; nay, and all the day; some good thoughts were interwoven with his common thoughts, so full was he of the word of God. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. We have here an account of David's learning, not that of the Egyptians, but of the Israelites indeed. I. The good method by which he got it. In his youth he minded business in the country as a shepherd; from his youth he minded business in the court and camp. Which way then could he get any great stock of learning? He tells us here how he came by it; he had it from God as the author: Thou hast made me wise. All true wisdom is from God. He had it by the word of God as the means, by his commandments and

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What does Psalms 119:97 say?

Psalms 119:97 (King James Version) reads: "MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day."

Is Psalms 119:97 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:97 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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