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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 compassions come to me, and I shall live;{HR}For thy law [is] my delights.
 92Unless thy law [had been] my delights,{HR}Then should I have perished in mine affliction. (Psa. 119:77,92)
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Prov. 7:1‑4• 1My son, keep my words,{HR}And lay up my commandments with thee.
 2Keep my commandments and live;{HR}And my teaching as the apple of thine eye.
 3Bind them upon thy fingers;{HR}Write them upon the tables of thy heart.
 4Say to wisdom, thou [art] my sister,{HR}And call intelligence kinswoman; (Prov. 7:1‑4)
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men of counsel.

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Ministry on This Verse

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testimonies.
Psa. 119:16,77,92,143,162• 16In thy statutes I will delight myself;{HR}I will not forget thy word.
 77Let thy compassions come to me, and I shall live;{HR}For thy law [is] my delights.
 92Unless thy law [had been] my delights,{HR}Then should I have perished in mine affliction.
 143Distress and anguish seized me;{HR}Thy commandments [are] my delights.
 162For me, I [am] joyful over thy saying{HR}As a finder of great spoil. (Psa. 119:16,77,92,143,162)
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Job 27:10• 10Doth he delight in the Almighty?{HR}Doth he call on God at all times? (Job 27:10)
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Jer. 6:10• 10{i}To 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.{/i} (Jer. 6:10)
my counsellors.
Heb. men of my counsel.
Psa. 119:97‑100,104‑105• 97How I love thy law!{HR}All the day it is my meditation.
 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies,{HR}For they [are] ever mine.
 99More than all my teachers I have understanding:{HR}For thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
 100More than aged [men] I understand,{HR}For thy precepts I have observed.
 104From thy precepts I understand;{HR}Therefore I hate every path of falsehood.
 105A lamp to my feet [is] thy word,{HR}And a light to my path. (Psa. 119:97‑100,104‑105)
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Psa. 19:11• 11Also thy servant is admonished by them,{HR}In keeping them [is] great reward. (Psa. 19:11)
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Deut. 17:18‑20• 18{i}And 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;{/i}
 19{i}and 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;{/i}
 20{i}that 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.{/i} (Deut. 17:18‑20)
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Josh. 1:8• 8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. (Josh. 1:8)
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Prov. 6:20‑23• 20My son, observe thy father's commandment,{HR}and forsake not thy mother's law.
 21Bind them continually on thy heart,{HR}Tie them about thy neck:
 22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;{HR}When thou sleepest, it shall keep thee;{HR}And [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
 23For the commandment [is] a lamp,{HR}And the law a light,{HR}And reproofs of instruction the way of life: (Prov. 6:20‑23)
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Isa. 8:20• 20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. (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 each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)
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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• 15and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
 16Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness;
 17that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)
• 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)
• 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thy testimonies also [are] my delights,{HR}My counsellors .a

WK Translation Notes

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Lit. men of my counsel.