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Psa. 119:172 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
shall speak
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy word
'imrah (Hebrew #565)
feminine of 561, and meaning the same
KJV usage: commandment, speech, word.
Pronounce: im-raw'
Origin: or memrah {em-raw'}
: for all 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
are righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
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Psa. 119:13,46• 13With my lips have I declared{HR}All the judgments of thy mouth.
 46And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings,{HR}And will not be ashamed. (Psa. 119:13,46)
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Psa. 37:30• 30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom{HR}And his tongue speaketh justice. (Psa. 37:30)
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Psa. 40:9‑10• 9I have announced righteousness in the great congregation;{HR}Behold, I will not refrain my lips; O Jehovah, thou hast known.
 10Thy righteousness I hid not in the midst of my heart;{HR}Thy faithfulness and thy salvation I declared;{HR}I concealed not thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:9‑10)
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Psa. 78:4• 4We will not hide [them] from their sons,{HR}Telling the generations to come the praises of Jehovah,{HR}And his strength, and his wondrous works which he wrought. (Psa. 78:4)
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Deut. 6:7• 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, {i}and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.{/i} (Deut. 6:7)
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Matt. 12:34‑35• 34{i}Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.{/i}
 35{i}The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.{/i} (Matt. 12:34‑35)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be always in grace, seasoned with salt, to know how ye must answer each one. (Col. 4:6)
for all thy.
Psa. 119:86,138,142• 86All thy commandments [are] faithfulness:{HR}[With] falsehood do they persecute me. Help me.
 138Thou hast commanded thy testimonies [in] righteousness{HR}And exceeding faithfulness.
 142Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness,{HR}And thy law truth. (Psa. 119:86,138,142)
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Rom. 7:12,14• 12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
 14For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin. (Rom. 7:12,14)
• We have liberty to speak of it to others. This is an important principle also: no testimony, no preaching, no teaching, even if the matter of it be all right, is right teaching, when the soul is not filled for itself first from God. We must drink for ourselves that rivers may flow, Indeed all else dries up the soul. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:121-176” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My tongue shall speak aloud ofc thy *word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "shall respond to," "sing in answer to." see Ezra 3.11.

W. Kelly Translation

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Let my tongue answer thy saying,{HR}For all thy commandments [are] righteousness.