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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of truth
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
: thy judgments
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
have I laid
shavah (Hebrew #7737)
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a- )like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Pronounce: shaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
before me.

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Ministry on This Verse

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chosen.
Psa. 119:29,111,173• 29Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
 111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
 173Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts. (Psa. 119:29,111,173)
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Josh. 24:15• 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods whom your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Amorite, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. (Josh. 24:15)
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Prov. 1:29• 29Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah; (Prov. 1:29)
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Luke 10:42• 42but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her. (Luke 10:42)
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John 3:19‑21• 19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
 20For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
 21but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God. (John 3:19‑21)
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John 8:45• 45and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me. (John 8:45)
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1 Peter 2:2• 2as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation, (1 Peter 2:2)
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2 John 4• 4I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father. (2 John 4)
thy judgments.
Psa. 119:24,52• 24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
 52I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself. (Psa. 119:24,52)
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Deut. 11:18‑20• 18And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
 19And ye shall teach them unto your children, speaking 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;
 20and write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; (Deut. 11:18‑20)
• He has confessed his way (vs. 26), learned God’s way (vs. 27), refused man’s way (vs. 29), and chosen God’s way (vs. 30)―the way of truth. (“Psalm 119:25-32: Division 4 (Daleth)” by H. Smith)
• He knew all this, but he had chosen the way of truth. “Lord, to whom should we go?” How simple the path then! (“Psalm 119:25-32: Division 4 (Daleth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set before me.