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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:42 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So shall I γhave wherewith
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
to answer
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
him that reproacheth
charaph. (Hebrew #2778)
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; denominative (from 2779) to spend the winter
KJV usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Pronounce: khaw-raf'
Origin: a primitive root
me: for I trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in 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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or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing.

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Psa. 3:2• 2Many are saying concerning my soul,{HR}"There is no deliverance for him in God." Selah. (Psa. 3:2)
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Psa. 42:10• 10With a sword in my bones mine oppressors have reproached me,{HR}When they say all the day unto me, Where is thy God? (Psa. 42:10)
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Psa. 71:10‑11• 10For mine enemies speak against me,{HR}And those that watch for my soul consult together,
 11Saying, God hath forsaken him:{HR}Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver. (Psa. 71:10‑11)
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Psa. 109:25• 25And I have become a reproach to them;{HR}They see me, they shake their head. (Psa. 109:25)
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Matt. 27:40‑43,63• 40{i}and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art Son of God, descend from the cross.{/i}
 41{i}[And] in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,{/i}
 42{i}He saved others, himself he cannot save. He is King of Israel: let him descend now from the cross, and we will believe on him.{/i}
 43{i}He trusted upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God.{/i}
 63{i}saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.{/i} (Matt. 27:40‑43,63)
have wherewith, etc.
or, answer him that reproacheth me in athing.
2 Sam. 16:7‑8• 7{i}And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!{/i}
 8{i}Jehovah has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and behold, thou art taken in thine own evil, for thou art a man of blood.{/i} (2 Sam. 16:7‑8)
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2 Sam. 19:18‑20• 18{i}And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was just crossing over the Jordan.{/i}
 19{i}And he said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.{/i}
 20{i}For thy servant knows that I have sinned; and behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.{/i} (2 Sam. 19:18‑20)
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Psa. 119:49,74,81• 49Remember for thy servant the word{HR}On which thou hast made me hope.
 74Thy fearers will see me and be glad;{HR}For I have hoped in thy word.
 81My soul fainteth for thy salvation;{HR}In thy word do I hope. (Psa. 119:49,74,81)
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Psa. 56:4,10‑11• 4In God will I praise his word;{HR}In God have I trusted;{HR}I will not fear:{HR}What shall flesh do unto me?
 10In God will I praise [the] word;{HR}In Jehovah will I praise [the] word.
 11In God have I trusted,{HR}I will not fear:{HR}What shall man do unto me? (Psa. 56:4,10‑11)
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Psa. 89:19‑37• 19Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One,{HR}And saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one,{HR}I have exalted one chosen from the people.
 20I have found David my servant,{HR}With my holy oil have I anointed him;
 21With whom my hand shall be established,{HR}Also, mine arm shall strengthen him.
 22No enemy shall exact upon him,{HR}Nor son of wickedness afflict him.
 23And I will beat down his adversaries before him,{HR}And will smite his haters.
 24And my faithfulness and my mercy [shall be] with him,{HR}And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
 25And I will set his hand in the sea,{HR}And in the rivers his right hand.
 26{i}He{/i} shall call upon me, My father [art] {i}thou,{/i}{HR}My God (El) and the rock of my salvation.
 27And for me, I will make him first-born,{HR}Highest of kings of earth.
 28My mercy will I keep for him,{HR}And my covenant [shall be] fixed for him.
 29And I have set forever his seed,{HR}And his throne as the days of heaven.
 30If his sons forsake my law,{HR}And walk not in my judgments,
 31If they profane my statutes,{HR}And keep not my commandments,
 32Then will I visit their transgressions with a rod{HR}And their iniquities with stripes.
 33But my mercy I will not utterly take from him,{HR}Nor belie my faithfulness;
 34Nor will I profane my covenant,{HR}Nor change what is gone out of my lips.
 35Once have I sworn in my holiness,{HR}I will not lie to David,
 36His seed shall be forever,{HR}And his throne as the sun before me,
 37As the moon is established forever,{HR}As the witness in the sky [is] firm. Selah. (Psa. 89:19‑37)
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2 Sam. 7:12‑16• 12And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
 13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom forever.
 14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
 15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
 16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever. (2 Sam. 7:12‑16)
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1 Chron. 28:3‑6• 3{i}But{/i} God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
 4Howbeit Jehovah, God of Israel, chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel;
 5{i}and of all my sons, (for Jehovah has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel{/i}.
 6And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him {i}to be my son, and I will be his father{/i}. (1 Chron. 28:3‑6)
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Acts 27:25• 25Wherefore, sirs, be of good courage; for I believe God that it shall be as it hath been spoken to me. (Acts 27:25)
• God in truth, of His will, God in mercy, God Himself as an object, but only God—nothing outside or away from Him. His mercies are looked for, and that is right, and deliverance from Him, and this according to His word, for He has perfectly revealed Himself, and we want nothing short of Him. What an answer will His deliverance be to the enemy that reproaches! (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.

W. Kelly Translation

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And I will have what to answer my reviler;{HR}For I confide in thy word.