King James Version
Psalms 119:66 in the King James Version says “Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.”
Psalms 119:66 · KJV
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.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“me good”
H2898good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
“judgment”
H2940properly, a taste, i.e., (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
“Teach”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“thy commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
“for I have believed”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
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