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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed
'esher (Hebrew #835)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
KJV usage: blessed, happy.
Pronounce: eh'-sher
Origin: from 833
are they that keep
natsar (Hebrew #5341)
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Pronounce: naw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
his testimonies
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
, and that seek
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
him with the whole heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Prov. 23:26• 26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:26)
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1 John 3:20• 20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. (1 John 3:20)

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Psa. 119:22,146• 22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
 146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. (Psa. 119:22,146)
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Psa. 25:10• 10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. (Psa. 25:10)
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Psa. 105:45• 45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord. (Psa. 105:45)
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Deut. 6:17• 17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. (Deut. 6:17)
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1 Kings 2:3• 3And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: (1 Kings 2:3)
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Prov. 23:26• 26My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:26)
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Ezek. 36:27• 27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezek. 36:27)
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John 14:23• 23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (John 14:23)
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1 John 3:20• 20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. (1 John 3:20)
seek.
Psa. 119:10• 10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. (Psa. 119:10)
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Deut. 4:29• 29But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. (Deut. 4:29)
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2 Chron. 31:21• 21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. (2 Chron. 31:21)
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Jer. 29:13• 13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jer. 29:13)
• This is carried farther in the heart. It looks to the source. God has borne witness to His will, and shewed that He would have man walk in it, and the heart turns to it, not only as undefiled and right, but as “His testimonies.” This connects itself with the desire after Himself. They “seek Him with the whole heart.” This is the general character of the effect of the law written in the heart. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;