King James Version
psalm 119:159 in the King James Version says “Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.” — study this verse from psalm chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.”
psalm 119:159 · KJV
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Thy word: Heb. The beginning of thy word is true
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
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