Psalms 119:128

“Therefore I count right all your precepts in everything; every path of lying I hate.”

Psalms 119:128 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 119:128, word by word

I count rightיִשָּׁרְתִּיyisharti

seem right

To seem good to someone.

Where else “yisharti” appears
your preceptsפִּקּוּדֵיpikude

precepts

Precepts: what God has charged people to keep. It is used only in the plural and almost only in the Psalms.

Where else “pikude” appears
pathאֹרַחorach

path

A road; or a way of life.

Where else “orach” appears
of lyingשֶׁקֶרsheker

lie

What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.

Where else “sheker” appears
I hateשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti

hate

To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.

Where else “saneti” appears

The context

127Therefore I love your commandments more than gold and more than fine gold.

128 · This verse (above)

129Wonders are your testimonies; therefore my soul guards them.

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