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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy testimonies
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
also are myn delight
sha`shua` (Hebrew #8191)
enjoyment
KJV usage: delight, pleasure.
Pronounce: shah-shoo'-ah
Origin: from 8173
and λmyo counsellors
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
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Psa. 119:77,92• 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
 92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. (Psa. 119:77,92)
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Prov. 7:1‑4• 1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
 2Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye.
 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.
 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call intelligence thy kinswoman: (Prov. 7:1‑4)
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men of counsel.

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testimonies.
Psa. 119:16,77,92,143,162• 16I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
 77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
 92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
 143Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
 162I have joy in thy *word, as one that findeth great spoil. (Psa. 119:16,77,92,143,162)
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Job 27:10• 10Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God? (Job 27:10)
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Jer. 6:10• 10To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. (Jer. 6:10)
my counsellors.
Heb. men of my counsel.
Psa. 119:97‑100,104‑105• 97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
 99I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
 100I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
 104From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
 105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psa. 119:97‑100,104‑105)
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Psa. 19:11• 11Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward. (Psa. 19:11)
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Deut. 17:18‑20• 18And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;
 19and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
 20that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel. (Deut. 17:18‑20)
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Josh. 1:8• 8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper. (Josh. 1:8)
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Prov. 6:20‑23• 20My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
 21bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
 22when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
 23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:20‑23)
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Isa. 8:20• 20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak. (Isa. 8:20)
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Col. 3:16• 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)
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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• 15and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
 16Every scripture is divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
 17that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)
• There is no need to answer those whom God rebukes, and hence the psalmist is silent in the presence of their hard speeches, finding his delight and counsel in the testimonies of God. (“Psalm 119:17-24: Division 3 (Gimel)” by H. Smith)
• Still, meanwhile, he can retreat into his own delights; he meditates in God's statutes, hid there from the pride of man. They are his delight, and his counselors, too. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.