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Psalms 119:56

Obedience God's word

⁵⁴ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

⁵⁵ I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

⁵⁷ Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

⁵⁸ I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
KJV: This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
WEB: This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
ASV: This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts. HHETH.
DARBY: This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
BLB: This has come to be for me, for I have kept Your precepts.

ÅB: Dette ble meg gitt: at jeg har tatt vare på dine befalinger.
OTB: Dette har blitt mitt eget,
At jeg holder dine påbud.
B1930: Dette blev mig gitt: at jeg har tatt vare på dine befalinger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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1 John 3:19–24
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
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Psalms 18:18–22
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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