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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:80 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let my 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
be sound
tamiym (Hebrew #8549)
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
KJV usage: without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.
Pronounce: taw-meem'
Origin: from 8552
x in 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
; that I be noty ashamed
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 25:21• 21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. (Psa. 25:21)
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Psa. 32:2• 2Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile! (Psa. 32:2)
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Deut. 26:16• 16This day Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul. (Deut. 26:16)
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2 Chron. 12:14• 14And he did evil, for he applied not his heart to seek Jehovah. (2 Chron. 12:14)
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2 Chron. 15:17• 17But the high places were not removed from Israel; only, Asa's heart was perfect all his days. (2 Chron. 15:17)
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2 Chron. 25:2• 2And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, yet not with a perfect heart. (2 Chron. 25:2)
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2 Chron. 31:20‑21• 20And thus did Hezekiah throughout Judah, and wrought what was good and right and true before Jehovah his God.
21And in every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.
(2 Chron. 31:20‑21)
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Prov. 4:23• 23Keep thy heart more than anything that is guarded; for out of it are the issues of life. (Prov. 4:23)
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Ezek. 11:9• 9And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and give you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. (Ezek. 11:9)
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John 1:47• 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold one truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile. (John 1:47)
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2 Cor. 1:12• 12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you. (2 Cor. 1:12)
that I be.
 Thus encouraged he desires that his heart may be found perfect in God’s Word, that he may not, like the proud, be ashamed. (Psalm 119:81-88: Division 10 (Jod) by H. Smith)
 Only whatever the comforts of God, his desire is to be maintained in integrity. There is no thought of blessing out of the way of God's word. So shall the servant of God not be ashamed. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120 by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.