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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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BETH. Wherewithal shall a youngt man
na`ar (Hebrew #5288)
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
Pronounce: nah'-ar
Origin: from 5287
cleanse
zakah (Hebrew #2135)
to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
KJV usage: be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
Pronounce: zaw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2141)
his way
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
? by taking heed
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thereto according to 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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Prov. 1:4• 4to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. (Prov. 1:4)

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Ministry on This Verse

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BETHshall.
Psa. 25:7• 7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy loving-kindness remember thou me, for thy goodness' sake, Jehovah. (Psa. 25:7)
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Psa. 34:11• 11Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah. (Psa. 34:11)
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Job 1:5• 5And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. (Job 1:5)
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Job 13:26• 26For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth; (Job 13:26)
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Prov. 1:4,10• 4to give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. (Prov. 1:4,10)
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Prov. 4:1,10‑17• 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence;
 10Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be multiplied.
 11I will teach thee in the way of wisdom, I will lead thee in paths of uprightness.
 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
 13Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.
 14Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:
 15avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it, and pass away.
 16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.
 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. (Prov. 4:1,10‑17)
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Prov. 5:7‑23• 7And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
 9lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
 10lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil come into the house of a stranger;
 11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
 12and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
 13and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
 14I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
 15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
 16Thy fountains shall be poured forth, as water-brooks in the broadways.
 17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
 18Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.
 19As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
 20And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.
 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
 23He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. (Prov. 5:7‑23)
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Prov. 6:20‑35• 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:
 24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
 25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
 26for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
 27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
 28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 30They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
 31and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 33A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
 35he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts. (Prov. 6:20‑35)
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Prov. 7:7• 7and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding, (Prov. 7:7)
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Eccl. 11:9‑10• 9Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
 10Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity. (Eccl. 11:9‑10)
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Eccl. 12:1• 1And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; (Eccl. 12:1)
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Luke 15:13• 13And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery. (Luke 15:13)
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2 Tim. 2:22• 22But youthful lusts flee, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. (2 Tim. 2:22)
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Titus 2:4‑6• 4that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
 5discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
 6The younger men in like manner exhort to be discreet: (Titus 2:4‑6)
by taking.
Psa. 119:11,97‑105• 11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 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.
 101I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
 102I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
 103How sweet are thy *words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
 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. 119:11,97‑105)
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Psa. 1:1‑3• 1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
 2But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
 3And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth. (Psa. 1:1‑3)
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Psa. 19:7‑11• 7The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple;
 8The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;
 9The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever; the judgments of Jehovah are truth, they are righteous altogether:
 10They are more precious than gold, yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb.
 11Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward. (Psa. 19:7‑11)
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Psa. 78:4‑8• 4We will not hide them from their sons, shewing forth to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, and his strength, and his marvellous works which he hath done.
 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
 6That the generation to come might know them, the children that should be born; that they might rise up and tell them to their children,
 7And that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of *God, but observe his commandments;
 8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with *God. (Psa. 78:4‑8)
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Deut. 6:6‑9• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
 7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.
 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (Deut. 6:6‑9)
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Deut. 17:18• 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; (Deut. 17:18)
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Josh. 1:7• 7Only be strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Josh. 1:7)
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John 15:3• 3Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you. (John 15:3)
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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)
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James 1:21‑25• 21Wherefore, laying aside all filthiness and abounding of wickedness, accept with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
 22But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.
 23For if any man be a hearer of the word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
 24for he has considered himself and is gone away, and straightway he has forgotten what he was like.
 25But *he* that fixes his view on the perfect law, that of liberty, and abides in it, being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, *he* shall be blessed in his doing. (James 1:21‑25)
• “Beth”— the way of their cleansing (vs. 9-16). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• Having cast himself upon God, the psalmist can say with confidence, “I will keep thy statutes,” though recognizing past failure, which leads to the cry, “O forsake me not utterly.” (“Psalm 119:9-16: Division 2 (Beth)” by H. Smith)
• Ways, and not nature, were in question, even though renewal of heart were there. Hence the young man, where energy of will is found, into “cleanse his way.” Lusts would have carried his will elsewhere: how should he find the means of having his ways clear before God? Watchfulness, the fear of God (not will) according to God's word. God's word—how precious to have it in such a world of darkness and will, to guide our feet in a path according to God's mind! (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.