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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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With my lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
have I declared
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
all the judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
of thy mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I declared.
Psa. 119:46,172• 46And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
 172My tongue shall speak aloud of thy *word; for all thy commandments are righteousness. (Psa. 119:46,172)
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Psa. 34:11• 11Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah. (Psa. 34:11)
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Psa. 37:30• 30The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment; (Psa. 37:30)
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Psa. 40:9‑10• 9I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
 10I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)
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Psa. 71:15‑18• 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, and thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers thereof.
 16I will go in the might of the Lord Jehovah; I will recall thy righteousness, thine alone.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I proclaimed thy marvellous works:
 18Now also, when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not, until I have proclaimed thine arm unto this generation, thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:15‑18)
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Psa. 118:17• 17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of Jah. (Psa. 118:17)
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Matt. 10:27• 27What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses. (Matt. 10:27)
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Matt. 12:34• 34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (Matt. 12:34)
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Acts 4:20• 20for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard. (Acts 4:20)
• Service flows from confidence in God and knowledge of His blessedness with the value we have of what God has given. So Christ fully in Psa. 40. The spirit is the same here. It is the effect of perception of divine things, in power and value for them, to make us declare them. It is glorifying God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)
• We owe it to God to declare what He is. He ought to be known, and what He is owned. The difference of praise is that the sense of what He is, is addressed to Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)
• The way of the young man having been cleansed, he can bear testimony of others (vs. 13). (“Psalm 119:9-16: Division 2 (Beth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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With my lips have I declared all the judgmentsb of thy mouth.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "ordinances." so throughout.