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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:144 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The 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
of thy testimonies
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
is everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
: 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
, and I shally live
chayah (Hebrew #2421)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.
Pronounce: khaw-yaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2331, 2421)
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Prov. 10:21• 21The lips of the righteous feed many;{HR}But fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:21)

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righteousness.
Psa. 119:138,152• 138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies [in] righteousness{HR}And exceeding faithfulness.
 152Of old have I known from thy testimonies{HR}That thou hast founded them forever. (Psa. 119:138,152)
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Matt. 5:18• 18For verily I say to you, Till the heaven and the earth pass, one iota or one point shall in no wise pass from the law till all things come to pass. (Matt. 5:18)
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1 Peter 1:23‑25• 23having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, through God's living and abiding word.
 24Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as a flower of grass. The grass withered and the flower fell away,
 25but the word of [the] Lord abideth forever. And this is the word that as glad tidings was preached unto you. (1 Peter 1:23‑25)
give me.
Psa. 119:34,66,73,169• 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.
 73Thy hands made me and fashioned me:{HR}Make me understand,{HR}And I will learn thy commandments.
 169Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah;{HR}According to thy word give me understanding. (Psa. 119:34,66,73,169)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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1 John 5:20‑21• 20And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal.
 21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:20‑21)
understanding.
Prov. 10:21• 21The lips of the righteous feed many;{HR}But fools die for want of understanding. (Prov. 10:21)
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Isa. 6:9‑10• 9And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not.
 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed. (Isa. 6:9‑10)
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Isa. 27:11• 11When its branches are withered, they shall be broken off: women come [and] set them on fire. For it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour. (Isa. 27:11)
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Jer. 4:22• 22For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. (Jer. 4:22)
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Dan. 12:10• 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan. 12:10)
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Hos. 4:6• 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I too will forget thy children. (Hos. 4:6)
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Matt. 13:19• 19From everyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside. (Matt. 13:19)
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John 17:3• 3And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)
• And now he arrives at the point we have touched upon. “The righteousness of Jehovah's testimonies is everlasting.” They come from God, His will and judgment concerning man; and that He will make good forever. What he has to look for is understanding; then he will live, guided in the path where life is found, found even when the wicked are cut off: yea, never so found here below as then. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.

W. Kelly Translation

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Righteousness [are] thy testimonies forever:{HR}Give me{sup},{/sup} understanding, and I shall live.