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Your commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶךָmake me wiserתְּחַכְּמֵנִיthan my enemies,מֵאֹיְבַיforכִּיforeverלְעוֹלָםthey areהִיאwith me.לִי
Psalms 119:98
Study it in the app“Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for forever they are with me.”
“How I love your instruction!” His commandments make the psalmist wiseObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:98, word by word
- Your commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶmitsvote
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appears- make me wiserתְּחַכְּמֵtechakme
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “techakme” appears- than my enemiesאֹיְבַoyva
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyva” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
97How I love your instruction! All the day it is my meditation.
98 · This verse (above)
99I have more insight than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.