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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:125 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Is am thy servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
; give me understanding
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
, that I may know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
thy testimonies
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
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Psa. 116:16• 16Yea, O Jehovah, for I [am] thy servant.{HR}I [am] thy servant, son of thy handmaid:{HR}Thou hast loosed my bonds. (Psa. 116:16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I am thy.
Psa. 119:94• 94{i}I{/i} [am] thine: save me,{HR}For thy precepts I have sought. (Psa. 119:94)
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Psa. 86:16• 16Turn unto me and be gracious to me;{HR}Give thy strength to thy servant,{HR}And save the son of thy handmaid. (Psa. 86:16)
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Psa. 116:16• 16Yea, O Jehovah, for I [am] thy servant.{HR}I [am] thy servant, son of thy handmaid:{HR}Thou hast loosed my bonds. (Psa. 116:16)
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Rom. 6:22• 22But now freed from sin, and made bondservants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end life eternal. (Rom. 6:22)
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Psa. 119:34,66• 34Make me understand, and I will observe thy law{HR}And will keep [it] with a whole heart.
 66Goodness of judgment and knowledge teach me,{HR}For in thy commandments I believe. (Psa. 119:34,66)
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2 Chron. 1:7‑10• 7In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
 8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father. And hast made me to reign in his stead.
 9Now O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
 10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? (2 Chron. 1:7‑10)
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2 Cor. 3:5‑6• 5not that we are competent from ourselves to reckon anything as of ourselves, but our competency [is] of God,
 6who also made us competent [as] servants of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter killeth but the spirit quickeneth. (2 Cor. 3:5‑6)
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2 Tim. 2:7• 7Apprehend what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things. (2 Tim. 2:7)
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James 1:5• 5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all freely and reproacheth not; and it shall be given him. (James 1:5)
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James 3:13‑17• 13Who [is] wise and understanding among you? Let him show out of his good conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
 14But if ye have bitter emulation and faction in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
 15This wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, natural, demoniacal.
 16For where envying and faction [are], there disorder [is] and every bad deed.
 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, uncontentious, impartial. (James 3:13‑17)
that I.
Psa. 119:11,18‑19,29• 11In my heart have I laid up thy saying,{HR}That I might not sin against thee.
 18Open mine eyes,{HR}And I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
 19For me I [am] a sojourner in the earth:{HR}Hide not thy commandments from me.
 29Way of falsehood remove from me,{HR}And thy law grant me graciously. (Psa. 119:11,18‑19,29)
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Prov. 9:10• 10The fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom,{HR}And the knowledge of the Holy [is] understanding. (Prov. 9:10)
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Prov. 14:8• 8The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way;{HR}But the folly of fools [is] deceit. (Prov. 14:8)
• In what follows, we see the fruit of this reconciliation with, or restoration to, God. The soul has got into the place of uprightness, and it says, “I am thy servant.” ...He presents himself to God directly as being in this relationship, and place; “I am thy servant.” It is perfect submission, but one who holds the place, God owning him in it, and he knowing that He does. This is saying a great deal. What a ground to ask from God, understanding that we may serve Him! (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thy servant [am] I;{HR}Give me understanding,{HR}And I shall know thy testimonies.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)