King James Version
Psalms 119:108 in the King James Version says “Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.”
Psalms 119:108 · KJV
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I beseech thee the freewill offerings”
H5071properly (abstractly) spontaneity, or (adjectively) spontaneous; also (concretely) a spontaneous or (by inference, in plural) abundant gift
“of my mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
“me thy judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and teach”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
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