Psalms 119:54

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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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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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

Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 89:1 : 1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things make it manifest that they are seeking after a country of their own. 15 And if indeed they had been mindful of that [country] from which they went out, they would have had {G302} opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:55-57
3 verses
76%
55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
57HHETH. Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
Ps 119:5
74%
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Ps 119:171-172
2 verses
74%
171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 119:174
74%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:10-12
3 verses
73%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
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 119:167-168
2 verses
73%
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:14-16
3 verses
73%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:52-53
2 verses
73%
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
53Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:26
73%
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:129
73%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:142-143
2 verses
72%
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 119:105
72%
105NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Ps 119:8
72%
8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:111-112
2 verses
72%
111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 137:4
72%
4How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
Ps 119:59
72%
59I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 119:92-94
3 verses
72%
92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:117
71%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:24
71%
24Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.
Ps 119:19
71%
19I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
Ps 119:47
71%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:45
71%
45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:176
71%
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 26:8
71%
8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
Ps 119:159
71%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:77
71%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:71
70%
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
Ps 119:97
70%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:102
70%
102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:50
70%
50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
Ps 90:1
70%
1A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations.
Ps 119:64
70%
64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:33
70%
33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
Ps 122:1
70%
1A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Ps 119:40
70%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:68
70%
68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 116:19
70%
19In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.