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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:133 KJV (With Strong’s)

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kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
h my steps
pa`am (Hebrew #6471)
amah {pah-am-aw'}; from 6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
KJV usage: anvil, corner, foot(-step), going, (hundred-)fold, X now, (this) + once, order, rank, step, + thrice, ((often-)), second, this, two) time(-s), twice, wheel.
Pronounce: pah'-am
Origin: or (feminine) pa
in thy word
'imrah (Hebrew #565)
feminine of 561, and meaning the same
KJV usage: commandment, speech, word.
Pronounce: im-raw'
Origin: or memrah {em-raw'}
: andi let not any iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
have dominion
shalat (Hebrew #7980)
to dominate, i.e. govern; by implication, to permit
KJV usage: (bear, have) rule, have dominion, give (have) power.
Pronounce: shaw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
over me.
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Psa. 17:5• 5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. (Psa. 17:5)
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Psa. 19:13• 13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression. (Psa. 19:13)
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Rom. 6:12,14• 12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
 14For sin shall not have dominion over *you*, for ye are not under law but under grace. (Rom. 6:12,14)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 119:116• 116Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope. (Psa. 119:116)
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Psa. 17:5• 5When thou holdest my goings in thy paths, my footsteps slip not. (Psa. 17:5)
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Psa. 32:8• 8I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. (Psa. 32:8)
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Psa. 121:3• 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber. (Psa. 121:3)
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1 Sam. 2:9• 9He keepeth the feet of his saints, but the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
let not.
Psa. 19:13• 13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression. (Psa. 19:13)
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Rom. 6:12‑14• 12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body to obey its lusts.
 13Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.
 14For sin shall not have dominion over *you*, for ye are not under law but under grace. (Rom. 6:12‑14)
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Rom. 7:23‑24• 23but I see another law in my members, warring in opposition to the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which exists in my members.
 24O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of this body of death? (Rom. 7:23‑24)
• {v.133-135} Hence the cry is for this mercy ordering his steps, delivering from oppression; and one sees he is in the midst of evil—only looks for God's face to shine upon him, and to be taught. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)
• Where the light finds an entrance there is the desire on the part of the believer for a condition in accordance with all that the light reveals. First, as to himself, the godly man desires that his steps may be governed by the truth, and not by sin, as in the natural man (cf. John 8:32). (“Psalm 119:129-136: Division 17 (Pe)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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133
Establish my steps in thy *word; and let not any iniquityb have dominion over me.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note m, Ps. 56.3.