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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:32 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I will run
ruwts (Hebrew #7323)
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
KJV usage: break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
Pronounce: roots
Origin: a primitive root
the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of thy commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
, when thou shalt enlarge
rachab (Hebrew #7337)
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Pronounce: raw-khab'
Origin: a primitive root
b my 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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Isa. 60:5• 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. (Isa. 60:5)
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2 Cor. 6:11• 11Our mouth is open unto you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded: (2 Cor. 6:11)

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Song of Sol. 1:4• 4Draw me: we will run after thee{HR}(The king hath brought me into his chamber);{HR}We will be glad and rejoice in thee;{HR}We will make mention of thy love more than of wine.{HR}Upright ones love thee. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
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Isa. 40:31• 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:31)
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1 Cor. 9:24‑26• 24Know ye not that they who run in a race-course run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
 25And every one that contendeth is temperate in all things: they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
 26I therefore so run, as not uncertainly (so combat, as not beating air. (1 Cor. 9:24‑26)
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Heb. 12:1• 1Therefore let us also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight and the readily besetting sin, run with endurance the race that is set before us, (Heb. 12:1)
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Psa. 119:45• 45And I will walk at large;{HR}For thy precepts have I sought. (Psa. 119:45)
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Psa. 18:36• 36Thou enlargest my steps under me,{HR}And my ancles have not slipped. (Psa. 18:36)
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1 Kings 4:29• 29And God gave Solomon wisdom and very great understanding and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. (1 Kings 4:29)
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Job 36:15‑16• 15He delivereth the afflicted by his affliction,{HR}And he uncovereth their ear by trouble;
 16And thee, too, he lureth out of the jaws of distress,{HR}A wide place, on the site of which [is] no straitness,{HR}And the setting of thy table fullness of fatness. (Job 36:15‑16)
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Isa. 60:5• 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. (Isa. 60:5)
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Isa. 61:1• 1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound; (Isa. 61:1)
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Luke 1:74‑75• 74to give us, that, saved out of the hand of our enemies, we should serve him without fear,
 75in piety and righteousness before him all our days. (Luke 1:74‑75)
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John 8:32,36• 32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
 36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:32,36)
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2 Cor. 3:17• 17Now the Lord is the spirit, but where the Spirit of the Lord [is, there is] liberty; (2 Cor. 3:17)
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2 Cor. 6:11• 11Our mouth is open unto you, Corinthians, our heart is expanded: (2 Cor. 6:11)
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1 Peter 2:16• 16as free, and not having liberty as a cloak of malice, but as God's bondmen. (1 Peter 2:16)
• After all, the free running in God's path is when the heart is set at liberty and free, joyfully, with Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)
• Moreover, being ‘enlarged,’ or ‘set free’ from heaviness, he desires with renewed energy to run the way of the Lord’s commandments. (“Psalm 119:25-32: Division 4 (Daleth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

W. Kelly Translation

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The way of thy commandments I will run,{HR}For thoua wilt enlarge my heart.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, when.