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According to your loyal loveכְּחַסְדְּךָgive me life,חַיֵּנִיand I will keepוְאֶשְׁמְרָהthe testimonyעֵדוּתof your mouth.פִּיךָ
Psalms 119:88
Study it in the app“According to your loyal love give me life, and I will keep the testimony of your mouth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:88, word by word
- According to your loyal loveחַסְדְּchasd
loyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chasd” appears- give me lifeחַיֵּchaye
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chaye” appears- and I will keepאֶשְׁמְרָהeshmra
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “eshmra” appears- the testimonyעֵדוּתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears- of your mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears
The context
87They almost made an end of me on the earth, but I have not abandoned your precepts.
88 · This verse (above)
89Forever, YHWH, your word stands firm in the heavens.