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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will delight
sha`a` (Hebrew #8173)
(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare
KJV usage: cry (out) (by confusion with 7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
Pronounce: shaw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
myself in thy statutes
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
: I will not forget
shakach (Hebrew #7911)
a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
KJV usage: X at all, (cause to) forget.
Pronounce: shaw-kakh'
Origin: or shakeach {shaw-kay'-akh}
thy word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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delight.
Psa. 119:14,24,35,47,70,77,92• 14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
 24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
 35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
 70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
 92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. (Psa. 119:14,24,35,47,70,77,92)
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Psa. 40:8• 8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)
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Heb. 10:16‑17• 16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
 17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (Heb. 10:16‑17)
not forget.
Psa. 119:11,83,93,109,141,176• 11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
 93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
 109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
 141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. (Psa. 119:11,83,93,109,141,176)
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Prov. 3:1• 1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: (Prov. 3:1)
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James 1:23‑24• 23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
 24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. (James 1:23‑24)
• Thus the soul is fed in delight. But God's ways are held in respect, as authority to the mind. The heart goes with them too. It is not merely that they delight his soul, but there is the activity of the new man; he delights himself with them, he makes it the matter of his occupation, seeking his enjoyment there, and keeps it (oh! how needed it is) in memory, the true proof of affection. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)
• Delights in them, and keeps them in mind (vs. 16). (“Psalm 119:9-16: Division 2 (Beth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.