Psalms 119:20

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119:20 I desperately long to know¹

your regulations at all times.

Psalms 119:106

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119:106 I have vowed and solemnly sworn

to keep your just regulations.

Psalms 119:160

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119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;

all your just regulations endure.²

Psalms 119:164

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119:164 Seven³ times a day I praise you

because of your just regulations.

Psalms 119:175

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119:175 May I⁴ live and praise you!

May your regulations help me!⁵

[119:20] ¹tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

[119:160] ²tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.

[119:164] ³tn The number “seven” is use rhetorically to suggest thoroughness.

[119:175] ⁴tn Heb “my life.”

[119:175] ⁵tn God’s regulations will “help” the psalmist by giving him moral and ethical guidance.