Psalms 119:126

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

It is time for Jehovah to work; [For] they have made void thy law.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Jer 8:8 : 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.
Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.
Mal 2:8 : 8 But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Matt 15:6 : 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
Rom 4:14 : 14 For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect:
Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
Deut 32:36 : 36 For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
Ps 9:19 : 19 Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Ps 102:13 : 13 Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
Isa 42:14 : 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: [now] will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:127
74%
127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Ps 119:124-125
2 verses
71%
124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
125I am thy servant; Give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.
Ps 119:20
71%
20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Ps 119:174
71%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:159
71%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:136-137
2 verses
70%
136Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
Ps 119:11-12
2 verses
70%
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:66
69%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Ps 119:156
69%
156Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
Ps 119:97
69%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:26-27
2 verses
69%
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:118-119
2 verses
69%
118Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:113
69%
113SAMEKH. I hate them that are of a double mind; But thy law do I love.
Ps 119:166
69%
166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
Ps 119:142-143
2 verses
69%
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:76-78
3 verses
69%
76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:18
69%
18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
Ps 119:40
69%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 109:27
69%
27That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Ps 119:72-73
2 verses
69%
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Ps 119:149
69%
149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
Ps 119:4
69%
4Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
Ps 119:84-86
3 verses
68%
84How many are the days of thy servant? When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
86All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
Ps 119:60-61
2 verses
68%
60I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.
61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 89:39
68%
39Thou hast abhorred the covenant of thy servant: Thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
Jer 9:13
68%
13And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
Ps 119:106
68%
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:95
68%
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps 119:43
68%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:139-140
2 verses
68%
139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 119:34
68%
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:131
68%
131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
Ps 119:1
68%
1ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Ps 119:151
68%
151Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
Ps 119:53
68%
53Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Isa 26:12
68%
12[Jehovah,] [thou wilt ordain] [peace] [for us; for thou hast also wrought] [all our works] [for us.]
Ps 119:29
68%
29Remove from me the way of falsehood; And grant me thy law graciously.