King James Version
Psalms 119:98 in the King James Version says “Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. they: Heb. it is ever wit...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. they: Heb. it is ever with me”
Psalms 119:98 · KJV
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. they: Heb. it is ever with me
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
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“Thou through thy commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for they are ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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