Psalms 119:54

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Songs have been to me Thy statutes, In the house of my sojournings.

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Young's Literal Translation

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Revised 1898 edition: Final revision by Robert Young, reflecting refinements to the initial 1862 publication.
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Referenced Verses

Gen 47:9 : 9 And Jacob saith unto Pharaoh, `The days of the years of my sojournings `are' an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not reached the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.'
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,
Ps 89:1 : 1 An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
Heb 11:13-16 : 13 In faith died all these, not having received the promises, but from afar having seen them, and having been persuaded, and having saluted `them', and having confessed that strangers and sojourners they are upon the earth, 14 for those saying such things make manifest that they seek a country; 15 and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return, 16 but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 119:55-57
3 verses
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55 I have remembered in the night Thy name, O Jehovah, And I do keep Thy law.
56 This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
57 `Cheth.' My portion `is' Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words,
Ps 119:5
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5 O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
Ps 119:171-172
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171 My lips do utter praise, For Thou dost teach me Thy statutes.
172 My tongue doth sing of Thy saying, For all Thy commands `are' righteous.
Ps 119:174
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174 I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law `is' my delight.
Ps 119:10-12
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73%
10 With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.
11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
12 Blessed `art' Thou, O Jehovah, teach me Thy statutes.
Ps 119:167-168
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167 Kept hath my soul Thy testimonies, And I do love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, For all my ways are before Thee!
Ps 119:14-16
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14 In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.
15 In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.
16 In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Ps 119:52-53
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52 I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, And I comfort myself.
53 Horror hath seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Thy law.
Ps 119:26
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26 My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
Ps 119:129
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129 `Pe.' Wonderful `are' Thy testimonies, Therefore hath my soul kept them.
Ps 119:142-143
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72%
142 Thy righteousness `is' righteousness to the age, And Thy law `is' truth.
143 Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands `are' my delights.
Ps 119:105
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105 `Nun.' A lamp to my foot `is' Thy word, And a light to my path.
Ps 119:8
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8 Thy statutes I keep, leave me not utterly!
Ps 119:111-112
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111 I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart `are' they.
112 I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- `to' the end!
Ps 137:4
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4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
Ps 119:59
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59 I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Ps 119:92-94
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72%
92 Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
93 To the age I forget not Thy precepts, For by them Thou hast quickened me.
94 I `am' Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Ps 119:117
71%
117 Support Thou me, and I am saved, And I look on Thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:24
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24 Thy testimonies also `are' my delight, The men of my counsel!
Ps 119:19
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19 A sojourner I `am' on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.
Ps 119:47
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47 And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Ps 119:45
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45 And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.
Ps 119:176
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176 I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
Ps 26:8
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8 Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.
Ps 119:159
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159 See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.
Ps 119:77
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77 Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law `is' my delight.
Ps 119:71
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71 Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
Ps 119:97
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97 `Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation.
Ps 119:102
70%
102 From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me.
Ps 119:50
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50 This `is' my comfort in mine affliction, That Thy saying hath quickened me.
Ps 90:1
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1 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou -- Thou hast been, To us -- in generation and generation,
Ps 119:64
70%
64 Of Thy kindness, O Jehovah, the earth is full, Thy statutes teach Thou me!
Ps 119:33
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33 `He.' Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it -- `to' the end.
Ps 122:1
70%
1 A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, `To the house of Jehovah we go.'
Ps 119:40
70%
40 Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Ps 119:68
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68 Good Thou `art', and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
Ps 116:19
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19 In the courts of the house of Jehovah, In thy midst, O Jerusalem, praise ye Jah!