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Psa. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

But his delightd is in the law of the Lord; and in his lawf doth he meditate day and night.

Job 23:12• ¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12)

Psa. 119:97• ⁹⁷MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. (Psa. 119:97)

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But his.

Psa. 40:8• ⁸I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)

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Psa. 112:1• ¹Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)

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Psa. 119:11,35,47‑48,72,92• ¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
³⁵Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
⁴⁷And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
⁴⁸My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
⁷²The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
⁹²Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. (Psa. 119:11,35,47‑48,72,92)

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Job 23:12• ¹²Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12)

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Jer. 15:16• ¹⁶Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)

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Rom. 7:22• ²²For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)

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1 John 5:3• ³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3)

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Psa. 104:34• ³⁴My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. (Psa. 104:34)

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Psa. 119:11,15,97‑99• ¹¹Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
¹⁵I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
⁹⁷MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
⁹⁸Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. (Psa. 119:11,15,97‑99)

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Josh. 1:8• ⁸This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. (Josh. 1:8)

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1 Tim. 4:15• ¹⁵Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. (1 Tim. 4:15)

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Psa. 88:1• ¹<<A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.>> O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: (Psa. 88:1)

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Luke 2:37• ³⁷And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. (Luke 2:37)

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Luke 18:7• ⁷And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? (Luke 18:7)

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1 Thess. 2:9• ⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)

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2 Tim. 1:3• ³I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; (2 Tim. 1:3)

• His separation, however, is not merely outward and formal; it is accompanied by an inner life of devotedness to God. (“Psalms 1” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

But his delight is in Jehovah’s law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.