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Psalm 19

Psa. 19:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The statutes
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'}
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
are right
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
, rejoicing
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
the heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
: the commandment
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
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
is pure
bar (Hebrew #1249)
beloved; also pure, empty
KJV usage: choice, clean, clear, pure.
Pronounce: bar
Origin: from 1305 (in its various senses)
, enlightening
'owr (Hebrew #215)
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
KJV usage: X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: a primitive root
the eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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statutes.
right.
rejoicing.
Psa. 40:8• 8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Psa. 119:14,24,54,92,121,143• 14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
121AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
(Psa. 119:14,24,54,92,121,143)
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Deut. 12:11‑12• 11Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:
12And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
(Deut. 12:11‑12)
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Deut. 16:11,14• 11And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
(Deut. 16:11,14)
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Neh. 8:12• 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. (Neh. 8:12)
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Isa. 64:5• 5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. (Isa. 64:5)
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Jer. 15:16• 16Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)
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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)
is pure.
enlightening.
Psa. 13:3• 3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; (Psa. 13:3)
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Psa. 119:98‑100,105,130• 98Thou through thy commandments hast made 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 ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
(Psa. 119:98‑100,105,130)
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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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Prov. 6:23• 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)
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Rom. 2:17‑20• 17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
(Rom. 2:17‑20)
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Rom. 3:20• 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. (Rom. 3:20)
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Rom. 7:7• 7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. (Rom. 7:7)
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Gal. 2:19• 19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. (Gal. 2:19)
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Gal. 3:10‑13,21• 10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
(Gal. 3:10‑13,21)
 It is pure and enlightens the eyes, gives to see clear where we were obscure in heart and spirituality. But the psalm connects this with the state of the heart. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 18-21 by J.N. Darby)
 There is a reference, not merely to the law, but to the Lord Himself—the effect of the sense of God's presence in the conscience—the fear of the Lord—the introduction of God into everything, and the reference of the heart to Him, and the judgment which he has of everything. This is clean; no spot can remain there, and it is an eternal principle, for it depends on the nature of God Himself. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 18-21 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;