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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Princes
sar (Hebrew #8269)
a head person (of any rank or class)
KJV usage: captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ((-task- ))master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.
Pronounce: sar
Origin: from 8323
also did sit
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
and speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
against me: but thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
did meditate
siyach (Hebrew #7878)
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
KJV usage: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Pronounce: see'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
in thy statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
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Cross References

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Princes.
Psa. 2:1‑2• 1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed: (Psa. 2:1‑2)
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1 Sam. 20:31• 31For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die. (1 Sam. 20:31)
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1 Sam. 22:7‑13• 7Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
 8that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?
 9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
 10And he inquired of Jehovah for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
 11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob; and they came all of them to the king.
 12And Saul said, Hear now, son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
 13And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day? (1 Sam. 22:7‑13)
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Luke 22:66• 66And when it was day, the elderhood of the people, both the chief priests and scribes, were gathered together, and led him into their council, saying, (Luke 22:66)
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Luke 23:1‑2,10‑11• 1And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate.
 2And they began to accuse him, saying, We have found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
 10And the chief priests and the scribes stood and accused him violently.
 11And Herod with his troops having set him at nought and mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back to Pilate. (Luke 23:1‑2,10‑11)
thy servant.
Psa. 119:15• 15I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths. (Psa. 119:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Princes also did sit and talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.