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Psa. 19:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The θlaw of the Lord is perfect, κconverting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

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doctrine.

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restoring.

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law.

or, doctrine.

Psa. 78:1‑7• ¹An instruction of Asaph.{HR}Give ear, my people, to my law;{HR}Incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
²I will open my mouth in a parable,{HR}I will utter dark sayings from of old;
³Which we have heard and known,{HR}And our fathers have told us.
⁴We will not hide [them] from their sons,{HR}Telling the generations to come the praises of Jehovah,{HR}And his strength, and his wondrous works which he wrought.
⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob,{HR}And appointed a law in Israel,{HR}Which he commanded our fathers to make [them] known to their sons,
⁶That the generation to come might know, sons to be born,{HR}Who should rise up and tell their sons,
⁷And they might set their hope in God,{HR}And not forget the deeds of God (El),{HR}And keep his commandments; (Psa. 78:1‑7)

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Psa. 119:72,96‑100,105,127‑128• ⁷²The law of thy mouth [is] better to me{HR}Than thousands of gold and silver.
⁹⁶To all perfection I have seen an end:{HR}Exceeding broad [is] thy commandment.
⁹⁷How I love thy law!{HR}All the day it is my meditation.
⁹⁸Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies,{HR}For they [are] ever mine.
⁹⁹More than all my teachers I have understanding:{HR}For thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
¹⁰⁰More than aged [men] I understand,{HR}For thy precepts I have observed.
¹⁰⁵A lamp to my feet [is] thy word,{HR}And a light to my path.
¹²⁷Therefore I love thy commandments{HR}Above gold and above fine gold.
¹²⁸Therefore all precepts [as to] all I count right;{HR}Every path of falsehood I hate. (Psa. 119:72,96‑100,105,127‑128)

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Psa. 147:19‑20• ¹⁹He showeth his word to Jacob,{HR}His statutes and his judgments to Israel.
²⁰He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:19‑20)

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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 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. 17:18‑20• 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;
¹⁹and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
²⁰that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel. (Deut. 17:18‑20)

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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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Job 23:12• ¹²The commandment of his lips I have not left,{HR}More than my law ,{HR}Have I kept the sayings of his mouth. (Job 23:12)

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Rom. 3:2• ²Much in every way; for, first, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:2)

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Rom. 15:4• ⁴For as many things as were written before were written for our instruction, that through endurance and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope. (Rom. 15:4)

perfect.

Psa. 18:30• ³⁰[As for] God, his way [is] perfect;{HR}The word of Jehovah [is] tried;{HR}A shield [is] he to all those who trust in him. (Psa. 18:30)

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Psa. 111:7• ⁷The works of his hands [are] truth and judgment;{HR}All his precepts [are] sure. (Psa. 111:7)

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Deut. 32:4• ⁴He is the Rock, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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Rom. 12:2• ²and not to fashion yourselves to this age but to be transformed by the renewing of the mind that ye may prove what [is] the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Rom. 12:2)

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James 1:17• ¹⁷Every good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation nor shadow of turning. (James 1:17)

converting.

or, restoring.

Psa. 23:3• ³He restoreth my soul;{HR}He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (Psa. 23:3)

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Psa. 119:9• ⁹By what shall a youth cleanse his path?{HR}By taking heed (to keep it) according to thy word. (Psa. 119:9)

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James 1:21‑25• ²¹Wherefore, having laid aside every sort of filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls.
²²But be word-doers, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.
²³Because if Anyone is a word-hearer, and not a doer, he is like a man considering his natural face in a mirror:
²⁴for he considered himself and is gone away, and straightway forgot of what sort he was.
²⁵But he that closely looked into perfect law, that of liberty, and abode close, being not a quite forgetful hearer, but a work-doer, he shall be blessed in his doing. (James 1:21‑25)

testimony.

Psa. 93:5• ⁵Thy testimonies are very sure:{HR}Holiness becometh thy house,{HR}O Jehovah, forever (to length of days). (Psa. 93:5)

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Psa. 119:14,24,111,152• ¹⁴In the way of thy testimonies{HR}Have I rejoiced as over all wealth.
²⁴Thy testimonies also [are] my delights,{HR}My counsellors .
¹¹¹I inherit thy testimonies forever,{HR}For they [are] my heart's rejoicing.
¹⁵²Of old have I known from thy testimonies{HR}That thou hast founded them forever. (Psa. 119:14,24,111,152)

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Isa. 8:16,20• ¹⁶Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
²⁰To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. (Isa. 8:16,20)

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John 3:32‑33• ³²and what he hath seen and heard, this he testifieth; and no one receiveth his testimony.
³³He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true; (John 3:32‑33)

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John 5:39• ³⁹Search the scriptures, for ye think that ye have in them life eternal; and it is they that bear witness about me. (John 5:39)

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Acts 10:43• ⁴³To him all the prophets bear witness that every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins through his Name. (Acts 10:43)

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2 Tim. 1:8• ⁸Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer hardship with the gospel, according to the power of God, (2 Tim. 1:8)

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1 John 5:9‑12• ⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; because this is the witness of God which he hath witnessed concerning his Son.
¹⁰He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself; he that believeth not God hath made him a liar, because he hath not believed in the witness which God hath witnessed concerning his Son.
¹¹And this is the witness that God gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
¹²He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (1 John 5:9‑12)

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Rev. 19:10• ¹⁰And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he saith to me, See thou do it not: I am fellow-servant of thee and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Rev. 19:10)

sure.

Psa. 111:7• ⁷The works of his hands [are] truth and judgment;{HR}All his precepts [are] sure. (Psa. 111:7)

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2 Sam. 23:5• ⁵Although my house be not so with God;{HR}Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,{HR}Ordered in all things, and sure:{HR}For this is all my salvation, and all my desire,{HR}Although he make it not to grow. (2 Sam. 23:5)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Nevertheless the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, [The] Lord knoweth those that are his; and, Let everyone that nameth the name of [the] Lord depart from unrighteousness. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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Heb. 6:18‑19• ¹⁸intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us,
¹⁹which we have as the soul's anchor both secure and firm and entering into the inner [side] of the veil, (Heb. 6:18‑19)

making.

Psa. 119:130• ¹³⁰The opening of thy words enlighteneth,{HR}Giving understanding to simple ones. (Psa. 119:130)

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Prov. 1:4,22‑23• ⁴To give prudence to the simple,{HR}To the young man knowledge and discretion.
²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom?
²³Turn you at my reproof:{HR}Behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you,{HR}I will make known my words unto you. (Prov. 1:4,22‑23)

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Col. 3:16• ¹⁶Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God. (Col. 3:16)

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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• ¹⁵and that from a babe thou knowest the sacred writings that are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith that is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁶Every scripture [is] God-inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction that is in righteousness;
¹⁷that the man of God may be complete, furnished thoroughly unto every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)

• He does not say the law of God here, but “the law of Jehovah,” a God known in covenant relationship. His law is given to His people, to His servants. It is perfect, the exact mind of God as to what man ought to be before God, according to God's will. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 18-21” by J.N. Darby)

• (vv. 7-11) The testimony of creation is followed by the testimony to God’s abhorrence of sin rendered by the law, especially appealing to the nation of Israel, and to the conscience of man. (“Psalm 19” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple;

W. Kelly Translation

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The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple.