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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:167 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
hath kept
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
thy testimonies
`edah (Hebrew #5713)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness. Compare 5712.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in its techn. sense
; and I love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
them exceedingly
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
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Cross References

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Psa. 119:6‑8,97,111,159• 6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
 7I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
 8I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.
 97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
 111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
 159See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness. (Psa. 119:6‑8,97,111,159)
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John 14:21‑24• 21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.
 22Judas, not the Iscariote, says to him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us and not to the world?
 23Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him.
 24He that loves me not does not keep my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but that of the Father who has sent me. (John 14:21‑24)
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John 15:9‑10• 9As the Father has loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
 10If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. (John 15:9‑10)
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Heb. 10:16• 16This is the covenant which I will establish towards them after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their hearts, I will write them also in their understandings; (Heb. 10:16)
and I love.
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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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.