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Psa. 19:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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statutes.

Psa. 105:45• ⁴⁵That they might keep his statutes{HR}And observe his laws. Praise ye Jah . (Psa. 105:45)

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Psa. 119:12,16,80,171• ¹²Blessed [art] thou, Jehovah:{HR}Teach me thy statutes.
¹⁶In thy statutes I will delight myself;{HR}I will not forget thy word.
⁸⁰Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,{HR}That I be not ashamed.
¹⁷¹My lips shall utter praise,{HR}For thou dost teach me thy statutes. (Psa. 119:12,16,80,171)

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Gen. 26:5• ⁵because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (Gen. 26:5)

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Ex. 18:16• ¹⁶When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known to them the statutes of God, and his laws. (Ex. 18:16)

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Deut. 4:5‑6• ⁵Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
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. (Deut. 4:5‑6)

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Ezek. 36:27• ²⁷And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezek. 36:27)

right.

Psa. 119:128• ¹²⁸Therefore all precepts [as to] all I count right;{HR}Every path of falsehood I hate. (Psa. 119:128)

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Neh. 9:13• ¹³And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments. (Neh. 9:13)

rejoicing.

Psa. 40:8• ⁸To do thy will, my God, I delight;{HR}And thy law [is] in the midst of my bowels. (Psa. 40:8)

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Psa. 119:14,24,54,92,121,143• ¹⁴In the way of thy testimonies{HR}Have I rejoiced as over all wealth.
²⁴Thy testimonies also [are] my delights,{HR}My counsellors .
⁵⁴Thy statutes were songs{HR}In the house of my sojournings.
⁹²Unless thy law [had been] my delights,{HR}Then should I have perished in mine affliction.
¹²¹I have done judgment and righteousness:{HR}Leave me not to mine oppressors.
¹⁴³Distress and anguish seized me;{HR}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 Jehovah your God will 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 shall vow to Jehovah.
¹²And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you. (Deut. 12:11‑12)

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Deut. 16:11,14• ¹¹and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.
¹⁴And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in 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 to work righteousness, [those that] remember thee in thy ways (behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned): in those is perpetuity, 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 words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)

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Rom. 7:22• ²²For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man, (Rom. 7:22)

is pure.

Psa. 12:6• ⁶The words of Jehovah [are] pure words,{HR}Silver refined in a crucible of earth, sevenfold purified. (Psa. 12:6)

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Psa. 119:40• ⁴⁰Behold, I have longed for thy precepts:{HR}Quicken me in thy righteousness. (Psa. 119:40)

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Prov. 30:5• ⁵Every word of God is pure:{HR}He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (Prov. 30:5)

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Rom. 7:12‑14• ¹²So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
¹³Did then the good become death to me? Let it not be; but sin, that it might appear sin, working out death to me by the good, that sin might become excessively sinful by the commandment.
¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. (Rom. 7:12‑14)

enlightening.

Psa. 13:3• ³Behold, answer me, O Jehovah, my God;{HR}Enlighten mine eyes lest I sleep the [sleep of] death. (Psa. 13:3)

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Psa. 119:98‑100,105,130• 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.
¹³⁰The opening of thy words enlighteneth,{HR}Giving understanding to simple ones. (Psa. 119:98‑100,105,130)

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Prov. 2:6• ⁶For Jehovah giveth wisdom;{HR}Out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:6)

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Prov. 6:23• ²³For the commandment [is] a lamp,{HR}And the law a light,{HR}And reproofs of instruction the way of life: (Prov. 6:23)

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Rom. 2:17‑20• ¹⁷But if thou art named a Jew, and restest on law, and boastest in God,
¹⁸and knowest the will, and provest the things that differ, being instructed out of the law,
¹⁹and hast confidence that thou thyself art a guide of blind, a light of those in darkness,
²⁰an instructor of foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law: (Rom. 2:17‑20)

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Rom. 3:20• ²⁰Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him, for by law [is] knowledge of sin. (Rom. 3:20)

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Rom. 7:7• ⁷What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? Let it not be. Nay, I had not known sin unless by law; for lust also I had not been conscious of, unless the law had said, “Thou shalt not lust.” (Rom. 7:7)

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Gal. 2:19• ¹⁹For I, by law, died to law that I may live to God. (Gal. 2:19)

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Gal. 3:10‑13,21• ¹⁰For as many as are of works of law are under curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doth not continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them;”
¹¹but that in virtue of law none is justified with God [is] evident, for “the just by faith shall
¹²live;” but the law is not of faith, but he who hath done them shall live in virtue of them.
¹³Christ bought us out of the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, (for it is written, “Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree,”)
²¹[Is] therefore the law against the promises of God? Let it not be. For if there had been given a law which could quicken, in very truth by law would have been righteousness. (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;

W. Kelly Translation

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The precepts of Jehovah [are] right, rejoicing the heart;{HR}The commandment of Jehovah [is] clear, enlightening the eyes.