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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:94 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I am thine, save
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
n me; for I have sought
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
thy precepts
piqquwd (Hebrew #6490)
from 6485; properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)
KJV usage: commandment, precept, statute.
Pronounce: pik-kood'
Origin: or piqqud {pik-kood'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I am thine.
Psa. 86:2• 2Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee. (Psa. 86:2)
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Josh. 10:4‑6• 4Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
5And the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their armies, and they encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
6And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua, to the camp at Gilgal, saying, Withdraw not thy hand from thy servants: come up to us quickly, and save us and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered against us.
(Josh. 10:4‑6)
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Isa. 41:8‑10• 8But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend
9--thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called from the extremities thereof, and to whom I said, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not rejected thee,
10--Fear not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
(Isa. 41:8‑10)
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Isa. 44:2,5• 2thus saith Jehovah, that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who helpeth thee, Fear not, Jacob, my servant, and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
5One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand: I am Jehovah's, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
(Isa. 44:2,5)
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Isa. 64:8‑10• 8And now, Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
9Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
10Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
(Isa. 64:8‑10)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
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Acts 27:23‑24• 23For an angel of the God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood by me this night,
24saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee.
(Acts 27:23‑24)
for I have.
 And this leads up to God in the consciousness that we are His. I do not say it creates the thought, but it leads the heart to the consciousness of it; and hence to look to Him who is faithful to save and deliver, and that, as ever here, in the consciousness of integrity. “I have sought thy precepts;” and this must be so. Want of it enfeebles all confidence, though God may have mercy. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120 by J.N. Darby)
 As quickened and revived, the godly man can say, “I am thine.” He had prayed for comfort (vs. 76), and waited for comfort (vs. 82); now he receives the comfort in learning the settled purpose of God. (Psalm 119:89-96: Division 12 (Lamed) by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.