King James Version
Psalms 119:13 in the King James Version says “With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.”
Psalms 119:13 · KJV
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“With my lips”
H8193the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
“have I declared”
H5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“of thy mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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