King James Version
Psalms 119:173 in the King James Version says “Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.”
Psalms 119:173 · KJV
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Let thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“thy precepts”
H6490properly, appointed, i.e., a mandate (of god; plural only, collectively, for the law)
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