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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Withu my whole heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
have I sought
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
thee: O let me not wander
shagah (Hebrew #7686)
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
Pronounce: shaw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root
from thy commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
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2 Chron. 15:15• 15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about. (2 Chron. 15:15)

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Psa. 119:2,34,58,69• 2Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
 34Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
 58I have sought thy favour with my whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy *word.
 69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart. (Psa. 119:2,34,58,69)
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Psa. 78:37• 37For their heart was not firm toward him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. (Psa. 78:37)
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1 Sam. 7:3• 3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return to Jehovah with all your heart, put away the strange gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and apply your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (1 Sam. 7:3)
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2 Chron. 15:15• 15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about. (2 Chron. 15:15)
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Jer. 3:10• 10And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:10)
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Hos. 10:2• 2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will break down their altars, he will destroy their statues. (Hos. 10:2)
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Zeph. 1:5‑6• 5and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham;
 6and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him. (Zeph. 1:5‑6)
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Matt. 6:24• 24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24)
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Col. 3:22• 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord. (Col. 3:22)
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1 John 2:15• 15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him; (1 John 2:15)
O let me.
Psa. 119:21,118,133,176• 21Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
 118Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
 133Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. (Psa. 119:21,118,133,176)
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Psa. 23:3• 3He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (Psa. 23:3)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)
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Psa. 143:8‑10• 8Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.
 9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: unto thee do I flee for refuge.
 10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country. (Psa. 143:8‑10)
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Prov. 2:13• 13from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; (Prov. 2:13)
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Prov. 21:16• 16The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead. (Prov. 21:16)
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Isa. 35:8• 8And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go this way--even fools,--shall not err therein. (Isa. 35:8)
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Ezek. 34:6• 6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, and my sheep have been scattered upon all the face of the earth, and there was none that searched, or that sought for them. (Ezek. 34:6)
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2 Peter 2:15‑22• 15having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;
 16but had reproof of his own wickedness--the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.
 17These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved for ever.
 18For while speaking great highflown words of vanity, they allure with the lusts of the flesh, by dissoluteness, those who have just fled those who walk in error,
 19promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, again entangled, they are subdued by these, their last state is worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud. (2 Peter 2:15‑22)
• God is looked to in goodness; for when He is truly sought, there is always some sense of His goodness. It is what distinguishes conversion from mere terror of conscience, desire towards Him and sense of goodness in God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)
• Second, by casting himself upon the power of God to be kept from wandering in paths of his own lust and will. Conscious of his weakness and that right and honest desires will not in themselves keep him in the path of blessing, he whole-heartedly casts himself upon God (vs. 10). (“Psalm 119:9-16: Division 2 (Beth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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With my whole heart have I soughti thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "do I seek."