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Psalms 119:173

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

KJV

Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.

ASV

תְּהִֽי יָדְ/ךָ֥ לְ/עָזְרֵ֑/נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣י/ךָ בָחָֽרְתִּי

Hebrew

Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.

YLT

Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ךָ
k
noun · 24×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
  • Deut 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
  • Isa 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • Josh 24:22 — And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
  • Josh 24:22 — And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
  • Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • Phil 3:12 — Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 119:5 — O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
  • Ps 119:30 — I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
  • Ps 119:35 — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
  • Ps 119:94 — I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
  • Rom 7:18 — For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.