Psalms 119:54

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why do you keep far away, O Lord? why are you not to be seen in times of trouble?
  • Ps 89:1 : 1 <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves. 15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back. 16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

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  • Ps 119:55-57
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    55I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.

    56This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.

    57<CHETH> The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.

  • Ps 119:5
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    5If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

  • Ps 119:171-172
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    171Let my lips be flowing with praise, because you have given me knowledge of your rules.

    172Let my tongue make songs in praise of your word; for all your teachings are righteousness.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

  • Ps 119:10-12
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    10I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

    11I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.

    12Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.

  • Ps 119:167-168
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    167My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

    168I have been ruled by your orders; for all my ways are before you.

  • Ps 119:14-16
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    14I have taken as much delight in the way of your unchanging word, as in all wealth.

    15I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

    16I will have delight in your rules; I will not let your word go out of my mind.

  • Ps 119:52-53
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    52I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.

    53I am burning with wrath, because of the sinners who have given up your law.

  • Ps 119:26
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    26I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.

  • Ps 119:129
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    129<PE> Your unchanging word is full of wonder; for this reason my soul keeps it.

  • Ps 119:142-143
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    142Your righteousness is an unchanging righteousness, and your law is certain.

    143Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

  • Ps 119:105
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    105<NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

  • Ps 119:8
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    8I will keep your rules: O give me not up completely.

  • Ps 119:111-112
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    111I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

    112My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.

  • Ps 137:4
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    4How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

  • Ps 119:59
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    59I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

  • Ps 119:92-94
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    92If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

    93I will ever keep your orders in mind; for in them I have life.

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  • Ps 119:117
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    117Let me not be moved, and I will be safe, and ever take delight in your rules.

  • Ps 119:24
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    24Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

  • Ps 119:19
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    19I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.

  • Ps 119:47
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    47And so that I may take delight in your teachings, to which I have given my love.

  • Ps 119:45
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    45So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

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    176I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

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    8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

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    159See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.

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    77Let your gentle mercies come to me, so that I may have life; for your law is my delight.

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    71It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

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    97<MEM> O what love I have for your law! I give thought to it all the day.

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    102My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

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    50This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.

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    64The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: give me knowledge of your rules.

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    33<HE> O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.

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    40See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

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    68You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

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    19In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.