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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:98 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou through 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
hast made me wiser
chakam (Hebrew #2449)
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Pronounce: khaw-kam'
than mine enemies
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
: for βthey are ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
with me.
β
it is.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 119:104• 104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. (Psa. 119:104)
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Deut. 4:6,8• 6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
 8And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? (Deut. 4:6,8)
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1 Sam. 18:5,14,30• 5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
 14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
 30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. (1 Sam. 18:5,14,30)
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Prov. 2:6• 6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:6)
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Col. 3:16• 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Col. 3:16)
they are ever.
Heb. it is ever.
Psa. 119:11,30,105• 11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
 105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psa. 119:11,30,105)
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James 1:25• 25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. (James 1:25)
• Results follow from the Word having its place in the affections. It makes the godly man wiser than his enemies. So Peter and John found when before the Jewish leaders: and again Stephen, whose enemies were “not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake” (Acts 4:13-16; 6:10). (“Palam 119:97-104: Division 13 (Mem)” by H. Smith)
• But its effect when loved for its own sake was to make him wiser than his enemies, however subtle and cunning they may be; there is a path which the vulture's eye has not known— “simple concerning evil, and wise unto that which is good,” which outreaches and baffles the adversaries of God and the godly man. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy commandments make me wisere than mine enemies; for they are ever with mef.

JND Translation Notes

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e
Or "Thou makest me wiser [through] thy commandments."
f
Or "for it is mine."