King James Version
Psalms 119:91 in the King James Version says “They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.”
Psalms 119:91 · KJV
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. unto: Heb. to generation and generation abideth: Heb. standeth
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“according to thine ordinances”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“They continue”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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