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Psalm 1

Psa. 1:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But his delight
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
d is in the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; and in his law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
f doth he meditate
hagah (Hebrew #1897)
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, X sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1901)
day
yowmam (Hebrew #3119)
daily
KJV usage: daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
Pronounce: yo-mawm'
Origin: from 3117
and night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
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Job 23:12• 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. (Job 23:12)
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Psa. 119:97• 97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. (Psa. 119:97)

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Ministry on This Verse

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But his.
Psa. 40:8• 8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Psa. 112:1• 1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)
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Psa. 119:11,35,47‑48,72,92• 11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 35Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
 47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
 48And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
 72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
 92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. (Psa. 119:11,35,47‑48,72,92)
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Job 23:12• 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart. (Job 23:12)
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Jer. 15:16• 16Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy words were unto me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts. (Jer. 15:16)
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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)
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1 John 5:3• 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous. (1 John 5:3)
meditate.
Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Psa. 119:11,15,97‑99• 11Thy *word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 15I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
 97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
 99I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. (Psa. 119:11,15,97‑99)
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Josh. 1:8• 8This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper. (Josh. 1:8)
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1 Tim. 4:15• 15Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all. (1 Tim. 4:15)
day.
Psa. 88:1• 1A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee. (Psa. 88:1)
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Luke 2:37• 37and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers; (Luke 2:37)
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Luke 18:7• 7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them? (Luke 18:7)
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1 Thess. 2:9• 9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, not to be chargeable to any one of you, we have preached to you the glad tidings of God. (1 Thess. 2:9)
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2 Tim. 1:3• 3I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day, (2 Tim. 1:3)
• His separation, however, is not merely outward and formal; it is accompanied by an inner life of devotedness to God. (“Psalm 1” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But his delight is in Jehovah’s law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

W. Kelly Translation

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But in the lawa of Jehovah [is] his delight,{HR}And in his law doth he meditate by day and by night.

WK Translation Notes

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"The law" here, as usually in the Psalms and elsewhere, means God’s word then revealed.