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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Withu my whole heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
have I sought
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
thee: O let me not wander
shagah (Hebrew #7686)
to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.
Pronounce: shaw-gaw'
Origin: a primitive root
from thy commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
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2 Chron. 15:15• 15{i}And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.{/i} (2 Chron. 15:15)

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Psa. 119:2,34,58,69• 2Blessed [are] they that observe his testimonies,{HR}That seek him with a whole heart.
 34Make me understand, and I will observe thy law{HR}And will keep [it] with a whole heart.
 58I have sought thy face with a whole heart:{HR}Be gracious to me according to thy saying.
 69Proud [men] have forged falsehood against me;{HR}With a whole heart {i}I{/i} will observe thy precepts. (Psa. 119:2,34,58,69)
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Psa. 78:37• 37And their heart was not firm with him,{HR}Nor were they steadfast in his covenant. (Psa. 78:37)
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1 Sam. 7:3• 3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you. Prepare ye hearts unto Jehovah, and serve Him only; {i}and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.{/i} (1 Sam. 7:3)
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2 Chron. 15:15• 15{i}And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they took the oath with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them. And Jehovah gave them rest round about.{/i} (2 Chron. 15:15)
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Jer. 3:10• 10{i}And even for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but with falsehood, saith Jehovah.{/i} (Jer. 3:10)
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Hos. 10:2• 2Their heart is divided; now shall they be guilty. he will cut off their altars; he will spoil their statues. (Hos. 10:2)
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Zeph. 1:5‑6• 5And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear to Jehovah, and that swear by Malcham.
 6And them that are turned back from Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired for him. (Zeph. 1:5‑6)
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Matt. 6:24• 24{i}No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.{/i} (Matt. 6:24)
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Col. 3:22• 22Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart fearing the Lord. (Col. 3:22)
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1 John 2:15• 15Love not the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loveth the world, the love of the Father is not in him: (1 John 2:15)
O let me.
Psa. 119:21,118,133,176• 21Thou hast rebuked proud [men], accursed,{HR}That wander from thy commandments.
 118Thou settest at nought all wanderers from thy statutes;{HR}For a lie [is] their deceit.
 133Establish my steps in thy saying,{HR}And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
 176I have wandered like a lost sheep:{HR}Seek thy servant,{HR}For thy commandments I do not forget. (Psa. 119:21,118,133,176)
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Psa. 23:3• 3He restoreth my soul;{HR}He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (Psa. 23:3)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But those that turn to crooked ways{HR}Will Jehovah lead forth with the workers of iniquity.{HR}Peace [be] upon Israel. (Psa. 125:5)
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Psa. 143:8‑10• 8Cause me to hear in the morning thy mercy,{HR}For in thee do I confide;{HR}Make me to know the way that I should go,{HR}For unto thee I lift up my soul.
 9Deliver me from mine enemies, Jehovah;{HR}In thee have I hid myself.
 10Teach me to do thy pleasure,{HR}For thou [art] my God;{HR}Let thy good spirit lead me in a land of evenness. (Psa. 143:8‑10)
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Prov. 2:13• 13[From those] who forsake the paths of uprightness,{HR}To walk in the ways of darkness; (Prov. 2:13)
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Prov. 21:16• 16The man that wandereth out of the way of intelligence{HR}Shall rest in the congregation of the departed. (Prov. 21:16)
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Isa. 35:8• 8And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for these. They that go the way, even fools, shall not err [therein]. (Isa. 35:8)
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Ezek. 34:6• 6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. (Ezek. 34:6)
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2 Peter 2:15‑22• 15abandoning as they did a straight way, they went astray, following out in the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved wages of unrighteousness,
 16but had reproof of his own iniquity; a dumb beast of burden speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet.
 17These are springs without water, and mists driven by storm, to whom the gloom of darkness is reserved.
 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
 19promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage.
 20For if after having escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but again entangled and worsted thereby, the last for them is become worse than the first.
 21For it were better for them not to have known well the way of righteousness than knowing well to have turned back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22[But] there hath happened to them the [saying] of the true proverb, A dog returned to his own vomit, and A sow washed into rolling in mire. (2 Peter 2:15‑22)
• God is looked to in goodness; for when He is truly sought, there is always some sense of His goodness. It is what distinguishes conversion from mere terror of conscience, desire towards Him and sense of goodness in God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24” by J.N. Darby)
• Second, by casting himself upon the power of God to be kept from wandering in paths of his own lust and will. Conscious of his weakness and that right and honest desires will not in themselves keep him in the path of blessing, he whole-heartedly casts himself upon God (vs. 10). (“Psalm 119:9-16: Division 2 (Beth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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With my whole heart have I soughti thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.

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Or "do I seek."

W. Kelly Translation

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With my whole heart have I sought thee;{HR}Let me not wander from thy commandments.