King James Version
Psalms 119:54 in the King James Version says “Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.”
Psalms 119:54 · KJV
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Thy statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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