Psalms 119:129

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּלָא֥וֹת עֵדְוֺתֶ֑יךָ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן נְצָרָ֥תַם נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

pəlāʾôt ʿēdəwōtêkā therefore nəṣārātam napšî

Grammar Details

*pəlāʾôt*: feminine plural adjective - wonderful/marvelous
*ʿēdəwōtêkā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies
*nəṣārātam*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - she keeps them
*napšî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*ʿal-kēn*: conjunction - therefore/for this reason

Word Meanings

*pəlāʾôt*: wonderful/marvelous/extraordinary
*ʿēdəwōtêkā*: your testimonies/decrees/covenant stipulations
*nəṣārātam*: keeps them/preserves them/guards them
*napšî*: my soul/life/self

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:18 : 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Ps 119:31 : 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Ps 119:146 : 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Isa 25:1 : 1 O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Rev 19:10 : 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:167-168
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167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:111
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111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps 119:24
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24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Ps 119:119
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119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:2
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2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:127-128
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127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Ps 119:142-144
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142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Ps 119:159-160
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159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Ps 119:95
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95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps 119:56
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56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:138
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138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Ps 119:22
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22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ps 119:69
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69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Ps 119:140
74%
140Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 119:125
74%
125I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Ps 119:14-16
3 verses
74%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:99-100
2 verses
74%
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.
Ps 119:157
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157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Ps 119:146
74%
146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Ps 119:27
74%
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:88
74%
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 119:97
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97MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:103
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103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Ps 119:10-11
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73%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:4-5
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73%
4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Ps 119:172
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172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 119:152
73%
152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Ps 119:59
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59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 119:20
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20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Ps 119:33-34
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33HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:79
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79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Ps 119:8
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8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:93
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93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Ps 119:175
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175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Ps 119:31
73%
31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Ps 119:47
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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Ps 119:130
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130The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Ps 119:54
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54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Ps 119:117
72%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.