Psalms 119:168

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי פִ֭קּוּדֶיךָ וְעֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י כָל־דְּרָכַ֣י נֶגְדֶּֽךָ

Transliteration

Šāmartî p̄iqqûḏeḵā wəʿēḏōteḵā kî ḵol-dərāḵay neḡdekā

Grammar Details

*šāmartî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have kept/observed
*p̄iqqûḏeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʿēḏōteḵā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḵol*: noun in construct state - all of
*dərāḵay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my ways
*neḡdekā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you

Word Meanings

*šāmartî*: I have kept/observed/guarded/preserved
*p̄iqqûḏeḵā*: your precepts/commands/instructions
*ʿēḏōteḵā*: your testimonies/witnesses/ordinances
*dərāḵay*: my ways/paths/journeys
*neḡdekā*: before you/in your presence/in your sight

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Ps 139:3 : 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Ps 44:20-21 : 20 If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god; 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
Ps 98:8 : 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

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
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167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Ps 119:128-129
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128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:55-56
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55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
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Ps 119:13-15
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13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
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.
Ps 119:4-5
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4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Ps 119:100-102
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100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:151-152
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151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
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 26:3
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3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
Ps 119:10-11
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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 119:30
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30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
Ps 119:59
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59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 18:21-22
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21For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Ps 119:172
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172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 119:8
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8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
Ps 119:26
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26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:22
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22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ps 119:66-67
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66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
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Ps 119:110-112
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110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
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112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 119:159
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159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:95
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95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
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 119:2
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2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:117-119
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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
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Ps 119:146
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146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
2 Sam 22:22-23
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22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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Ps 119:138
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138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Ps 139:3
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3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Ps 119:169
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169TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Ps 119:45
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45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Ps 119:106
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106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:148
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148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Ps 119:40
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.