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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:97 KJV (With Strong’s)

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MEM. O how love I
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
! it isa my meditation
siychah (Hebrew #7881)
reflection; be extension, devotion
KJV usage: meditation, prayer.
Pronounce: see-khaw'
Origin: feminine of 7879
all the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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Psa. 1:2• 2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Psa. 1:2)

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MEMO how.
Psa. 119:48,113,127,159,165,167• 48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
 113SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
 127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
 159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
 165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
 167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. (Psa. 119:48,113,127,159,165,167)
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Psa. 1:2• 2But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. (Psa. 1:2)
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Deut. 6:6‑9• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. (Deut. 6:6‑9)
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Deut. 17:19• 19And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: (Deut. 17:19)
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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. 2:10• 10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; (Prov. 2:10)
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Prov. 18:1• 1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. (Prov. 18:1)
• Ver. 97-104 is the affection and value he has for the law, its known experienced value. He loves God's law in itself. It is of God to him, the revelation of His will. It is his meditation all the day. It is not for the fruit he got from it, nor the wisdom it gave him towards others; he loved it for itself. This characterizes the new man. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)
• The effect of the Word when loved for its own sake. (“Palam 119:97-104: Division 13 (Mem)” by H. Smith)
• (vs. 97) The godly man expresses his affection for the Word. It is loved, not simply for the blessing that it brings, or the effects it produces, but for its own sake. That which the psalmist loves is the subject of his meditation all the day. (“Palam 119:97-104: Division 13 (Mem)” by H. Smith)
• “Mem”— wisdom obtained through the Word (97-104). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.