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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:123 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Mine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
fail
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
for thy salvation
yshuw`ah (Hebrew #3444)
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
KJV usage: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Pronounce: yesh-oo'-aw
Origin: feminine passive participle of 3467
, and for the word
'imrah (Hebrew #565)
feminine of 561, and meaning the same
KJV usage: commandment, speech, word.
Pronounce: im-raw'
Origin: or memrah {em-raw'}
of thy righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
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Righteousness,
Salvation

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 119:81‑82• 81CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
 82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? (Psa. 119:81‑82)
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Psa. 69:3• 3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. (Psa. 69:3)
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Psa. 130:6• 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. (Psa. 130:6)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
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Lam. 4:17• 17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. (Lam. 4:17)
• (vv. 123-125) Having turned to God, he waits for God’s Word of “righteousness” to deliver him from his enemies, and God’s “mercy” to deal with himself. As God’s servant he desires, not only deliverance from evil, but, to be instructed in the truth, to have his understanding opened that he may know God’s testimonies, and thus learn God’s mind. (“Psalm 119:121-128: Division 16 (Am)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the *word of thy righteousness.