King James Version
Psalms 119:102 in the King James Version says “I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.”
Psalms 119:102 · KJV
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! taste: Heb. palate
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“from thy judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for thou hast taught”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
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