King James Version
Psalms 119:64 in the King James Version says “The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.”
Psalms 119:64 · KJV
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of thy mercy”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
“is full”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“me thy statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“teach”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
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