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Psalms 119:48

My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

KJV

I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes. ז ZAYIN.

ASV

וְ/אֶשָּֽׂא כַפַּ֗/י אֶֽל מִ֭צְוֺתֶי/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהָ֗בְתִּי וְ/אָשִׂ֥יחָה בְ/חֻקֶּֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

And I lift up my hands unto Thy commands, That I have loved, And I do meditate on Thy statutes!

YLT

I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָשִׂ֑יחָה
'shychh
verb · 20×
אֹהֵ֣ב
'hb
verb · 209×
ו
v
noun · 183×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
ךָ
k
noun · 126×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
  • Gen 24:63 — And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
  • John 13:17 — If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
  • John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
  • Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
  • Ps 1:2 — But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
  • Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 119:15 — I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
  • Ps 119:47 — And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
  • Ps 119:97 — O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.