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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:54 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy statutes
choq (Hebrew #2706)
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance(- nary), portion, set time, statute, task.
Pronounce: khoke
Origin: from 2710
have been my songs
zamiyr (Hebrew #2158)
and (feminine) zmirah {zem-ee-raw'}; from 2167; a song to be accompanied with instrumental music
KJV usage: psalm(-ist), singing, song.
Pronounce: zaw-meer'
Origin: or zamir {zaw-meer'}
in the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of my pilgrimage
maguwr (Hebrew #4033)
from 1481 in the sense of lodging; a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residence
KJV usage: dwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare 4032.
Pronounce: maw-goor'
Origin: or magur {maw-goor'}
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 89:1• 1<<Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.>> I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. (Psa. 89:1)
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Psa. 10:1• 1Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? (Psa. 10:1)
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Gen. 47:9• 9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. (Gen. 47:9)
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Heb. 11:13‑16• 13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
 14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
 15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
 16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. (Heb. 11:13‑16)
• (vv. 54-56) Nevertheless, while waiting for God to fulfill His word―while yet in the house of pilgrimage and surrounded by the darkness of night―the godly man found his joy in the Word and the Name of the Lord. This confidence was the outcome of obedience to the Word. (“Psalm 119:40-56: Division 7 (Zain)” by H. Smith)
• Still there is joy: God's statutes are its song in the house of its pilgrimage. How true that is! How, when pressed in by evil around, does the heart find its relief and enlargement in the word and testimony of God Himself! (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:25-72” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.