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Lexicon :: Strong's H4687 - miṣvâ

Aa
מִצְוָה
Transliteration
miṣvâ
Pronunciation
mits-vaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1887b

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x

The KJV translates Strong's H4687 in the following manner: commandments (177x), precept (4x), commanded (2x), law (1x), ordinances (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 181x
The KJV translates Strong's H4687 in the following manner: commandments (177x), precept (4x), commanded (2x), law (1x), ordinances (1x).

  1. commandment

    1. commandment (of man)

    2. the commandment (of God)

    3. commandment (of code of wisdom)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
STRONGS H4687: Abbreviations
מִצְוָה 181 noun feminine commandment; — מ׳ Proverbs 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Joshua 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָֽֽֽתְךָ Deuteronomy 26:13; Psalm 119:96; מִצְוָתוֺ Numbers 15:81; plural מִצְוֺת absolute Leviticus 26:14 + (מִצְווֺת Nehemiah 9:14); construct Nehemiah 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; — not used before D and Jeremiah; in Jeremiah only of man's commands; not Ezekiel nor Minor Prophets, except Malachi; —
1. commandment, of man: king, 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; 2 Chronicles 8:15 + 14 times; אב מ׳ Jeremiah 35:14, 16, 18; Proverbs 6:20; אנשׁים מ׳ Isaiah 29:13; plural only Jeremiah 35:18; Proverbs 10:8; Nehemiah 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Jeremiah 32:11.
2. of God:
a. following the commandment, code of law: 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalm 19:9; especially of D שׁמר המ׳ Deuteronomy 8:1, Deuteronomy 8:2 + 5 times D; עשׂח המ׳ Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 15:5; אשׁר צוּה (ה)מ׳) Deuteronomy 26:13; Deuteronomy 30:11; Deuteronomy 31:5; סוּר מִן המ׳ Deuteronomy 17:20; הֵפַר מ׳ Numbers 15:31 (P); || תּוֺרָה Exodus 24:12 (RD) Joshua 22:5 (D) 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; + חֻקִּים, מִשְׁפָּטִים Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1 +.
b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2nd person plural (ye shall, shall not; BrHex. new ed., 246 ff.), Leviticus 4:2 + 5 times P, Isaiah 48:18 + 25 times (late; especially Psalm 119 + 20 times); שׁמר מ׳ Exodus 20:6 (R) Leviticus 22:31 (H) Deuteronomy 4:2 + 10 times D, 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:6 + 5 times; עשׂה מ׳ Leviticus 26:14 (H) + 5 times; שׁמע מ׳ Deuteronomy 11:13 + 4 times; אשׁר צוּה המ׳ Leviticus 27:34 (H); עבר מ׳ Deuteronomy 26:13; 2 Chronicles 24:20; עזב מ׳ 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:10; הפר מ׳ Ezra 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various:
(1) with חֻקִּים Exodus 15:26 (RD) Deuteronomy 4:40; Ezra 7:11 +; ח׳ + משׁפטים Deuteronomy 26:17; 1 Kings 8:58; Nehemiah 1:7; Nehemiah 10:30; + משׁפטים, תורות Nehemiah 9:18; + תורה Nehemiah 9:14; + עדוֺת Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 34:31.
(2) with חֻקּוֺת Leviticus 26:3 (H) Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:13 + 9 times; ח׳ + משׁפטים Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 30:16; 1 Kings 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים Psalm 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֺת 1 Kings 2:3; + תּוֺרוֺת Genesis 26:5 (RD); +עדוֺת 2 Kings 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Numbers 36:13 (P) 1 Chronicles 28:7; Nehemiah 9:29; Daniel 9:5; with תורות Exodus 16:28 (R), with ערות Nehemiah 9:34.
c. of special commands of God 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 2:1, 4; Job 23:12.
3. commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Proverbs 19:16, || תורה Proverbs 6:23, || דבר Proverbs 13:13; plural of special commands Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:1, 2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:5; 26:5

Exodus

15:26; 16:28; 20:6; 24:12

Leviticus

4:2; 22:31; 26:3; 26:14; 26:14; 26:15; 27:34

Numbers

15:31; 36:13

Deuteronomy

4:2; 4:40; 5:28; 6:1; 6:2; 6:17; 6:25; 8:1; 8:2; 8:11; 10:13; 11:1; 11:13; 15:5; 17:20; 26:13; 26:13; 26:13; 26:17; 30:11; 30:16; 31:5

Joshua

22:3; 22:5

1 Samuel

13:13

1 Kings

2:3; 2:43; 6:12; 8:58; 13:21; 14:8; 18:18

2 Kings

17:16; 18:6; 18:36; 23:3

1 Chronicles

28:7; 29:19

2 Chronicles

8:13; 8:15; 14:3; 24:20; 29:25; 31:21; 34:31

Ezra

7:11; 9:10; 9:14; 10:3

Nehemiah

1:7; 4:2; 9:14; 9:14; 9:18; 9:29; 9:34; 10:30; 10:33; 13:5

Job

23:12

Psalms

19:9; 89:32; 119; 119:96

Proverbs

2:1; 3:1; 4:4; 6:20; 6:23; 6:23; 7:1; 7:2; 10:8; 13:13; 19:16

Isaiah

29:13; 36:21; 48:18

Jeremiah

32:11; 35:14; 35:16; 35:18; 35:18

Daniel

9:5

Malachi

2:1; 2:4

H4687

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4687 matches the Hebrew מִצְוָה (miṣvâ),
which occurs 184 times in 177 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (2Ch 29:25–Psa 119:143)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - The [fn]couriers H7323 went H1980 throughout all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 with the letters H107 from the hand H3027 of the king H4428 and his princes, H8269 even according to the command H4687 of the king, H4428 saying, H559 “O sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 return H7725 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of Abraham, H85 Isaac H3327 and Israel, H3478 that He may return H7725 to those of you who H6413 escaped H6413 and are left H7604 from the [fn]hand H3709 of the kings H4428 of Assyria. H804

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - The hand H3027 of God H430 was also H1571 on Judah H3063 to give H5414 them one H259 heart H3820 to do H6213 what H4687 the king H4428 and the princes H8269 commanded H4687 by the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - Every H3605 work H4639 which H834 he began H2490 in the service H5656 of the house H1004 of God H430 in law H8451 and in commandment, H4687 seeking H1875 his God, H430 he did H6213 with all H3605 his heart H3824 and prospered. H6743

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - Then the king H4428 stood H5975 in his place H5977 and made H3772 a covenant H1285 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to walk H1980 after H310 the LORD, H3068 and to keep H8104 His commandments H4687 and His testimonies H5715 and His statutes H2706 with all H3605 his heart H3824 and with all H3605 his soul, H5315 to perform H6213 the words H1697 of the covenant H1285 written H3789 in this H2088 book. H5612

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - So the service H5656 was prepared, H3559 and the priests H3548 stood H5975 at their stations H5977 and the Levites H3881 by their divisions H4256 according to the king’s H4428 command. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, H7891 the sons H1121 of Asaph, H623 were also at their stations H4612 according to the command H4687 of David, H1732 Asaph, H623 Heman, H1968 and Jeduthun H3038 the king’s H4428 seer; H2374 and the gatekeepers H7778 at each H8179 gate H8179 did not have H369 to depart H5493 from their service, H5656 because H3588 the Levites H3881 their brethren H251 prepared H3559 for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all H3605 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 on that day H3117 to celebrate H6213 the Passover, H6453 and to offer H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 according to the command H4687 of King H4428 Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - Now this H2088 is the copy H6572 of the decree H5406 which H834 King H4428 Artaxerxes H783 gave H5414 to Ezra H5830 the priest, H3548 the scribe, H5608 [fn]learned H5608 in the words H1697 of the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 and His statutes H2706 to Israel: H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:10 - “Now, H6258 our God, H430 what H4100 shall we say H559 after H310 this? H2088 For we have forsaken H5800 Your commandments, H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again H7725 break H6565 Your commandments H4687 and intermarry H2859 with the peoples H5971 [fn]who commit these H428 abominations? H8441 Would You not be angry H599 with us [fn]to the point H5704 of destruction, H3615 until H5704 there H369 is no H369 remnant H7611 nor H369 any who escape? H6413

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:3 - “So now H6258 let us make H3772 a covenant H1285 with our God H430 to put H3318 away H3318 all H3605 the wives H802 and [fn]their children, H3205 according to the counsel H6098 of [fn]my lord H136 and of those who tremble H2730 at the commandment H4687 of our God; H430 and let it be done H6213 according to the law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - I said, H559 “I beseech H577 You, O LORD H3068 God H430 of heaven, H8064 the great H1419 and awesome H3372 God, H410 who preserves H8104 the covenant H1285 and lovingkindness H2617 for those who love H157 Him and keep H8104 His commandments, H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:7 - “We have acted H2254 very H2254 corruptly H2254 against You and have not kept H8104 the commandments, H4687 nor H3808 the statutes, H2706 nor H3808 the ordinances H4941 which H834 You commanded H6680 Your servant H5650 Moses. H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - but if you return H7725 to Me and keep H8104 My commandments H4687 and do H6213 them, though H518 those of you who have been scattered H5080 were in the most H7097 remote H7097 part H7097 of the heavens, H8064 I will gather H6908 them from there H8033 and will bring H935 them to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 I have chosen H977 to cause My name H8034 to dwell.’ H7931

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:13 - “Then You came H3381 down H3381 on Mount H2022 Sinai, H5514
And spoke H1696 with them from heaven; H8064
You gave H5414 them just H3477 ordinances H4941 and true H571 laws, H8451
Good H2896 statutes H2706 and commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:14 - “So You made H3045 known H3045 to them Your holy H6944 sabbath, H7676
And laid H6680 down H6680 for them commandments, H4687 statutes H2706 and law, H8451
Through H3027 Your servant H5650 Moses. H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:16 - “But they, our fathers, H1 acted H2102 arrogantly; H2102
They [fn]became H7185 H6203 stubborn H7185 H6203 and would not listen H8085 to Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:29 - And admonished H5749 them in order to turn H7725 them back H7725 to Your law. H8451
Yet they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 and did not listen H8085 to Your commandments H4687 but sinned H2398 against Your ordinances, H4941
By which H834 if a man H120 observes H6213 them he shall live. H2421
And they [fn]turned H5414 a stubborn H5637 shoulder H3802 and stiffened H7185 their neck, H6203 and would not listen. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:34 - “For our kings, H4428 our leaders, H8269 our priests H3548 and our fathers H1 have not kept H6213 Your law H8451
Or paid H7181 attention H7181 to Your commandments H4687 and Your [fn]admonitions H5715 with which H834 You have [fn]admonished H5749 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining H2388 with their [fn]kinsmen, H251 their nobles, H117 and are [fn]taking H935 on themselves a curse H423 and an oath H7621 to walk H1980 in God’s H430 law, H8451 which H834 was given H5414 through H3027 Moses, H4872 God’s H430 servant, H5650 and to keep H8104 and to observe H6213 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of [fn]GOD H3068 our Lord, H136 and His ordinances H4941 and His statutes; H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - We also [fn]placed H5975 ourselves under H5921 obligation H4687 to contribute H5414 yearly H8141 one third H7992 of a shekel H8255 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of our God: H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - For there was a commandment H4687 from the king H4428 concerning H5921 them and a firm H548 regulation H548 for the song H7891 leaders H7891 day H3117 by day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - The heads H7218 of the Levites H3881 were Hashabiah, H2811 Sherebiah H8274 and Jeshua H3091 the son H1121 of Kadmiel, H6934 with their brothers H251 opposite H5048 them, to praise H1984 and give H3034 thanks, H3034 [fn]as prescribed H4687 by David H1732 the man H376 of God, H430 division H4929 corresponding H5980 to division. H4929

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - For they performed H8104 the [fn]worship H4931 of their God H430 and the service H4931 of purification, H2893 together with the singers H7891 and the gatekeepers H7778 in accordance with the command H4687 of David H1732 and of his son H1121 Solomon. H8010

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared H6213 a large H1419 [fn]room H3957 for him, where H8033 formerly H6440 they put H5414 the grain offerings, H4503 the frankincense, H3828 the utensils H3627 and the tithes H4643 of grain, H1715 wine H8492 and oil H3323 prescribed H4687 for the Levites, H3881 the singers H7891 and the gatekeepers, H7778 and the [fn]contributions H8641 for the priests. H3548

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king’s H4428 servants H5650 who H834 were at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 said H559 to Mordecai, H4782 “Why H4069 are you transgressing H5674 the king’s H4428 command?” H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:12 - “I have not departed H4185 from the command H4687 of His lips; H8193
I have treasured H6845 the words H561 of His mouth H6310 [fn]more H4480 than H4480 my [fn]necessary H2706 food. H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:8 - The precepts H6490 of the LORD H3068 are right, H3477 rejoicing H8055 the heart; H3820
The commandment H4687 of the LORD H3068 is pure, H1249 enlightening H215 the eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - That they should put H7760 their confidence H3689 in God H430
And not forget H7911 the works H4611 of God, H410
But keep H5341 His commandments, H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:31 - If H518 they [fn]violate H2490 My statutes H2708
And do not keep H8104 My commandments, H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - [fn]Praise H1984 [fn]the LORD! H3050
How blessed H835 is the man H376 who [fn]fears H3372 the LORD, H3068
Who greatly H3966 delights H2654 in His commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:6 - Then H227 I shall not be ashamed H954
When I look H5027 [fn]upon all H3605 Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:10 - With all H3605 my heart H3820 I have sought H1875 You;
Do not let me wander H7686 from Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:19 - I am a stranger H1616 in the earth; H776
Do not hide H5641 Your commandments H4687 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You rebuke H1605 the arrogant, H2086 [fn]the cursed, H779
Who wander H7686 from Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I shall run H7323 the way H1870 of Your commandments, H4687
For You will enlarge H7337 my heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:35 - Make me walk H1869 in the path H5410 of Your commandments, H4687
For I delight H2654 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - I shall [fn]delight H8173 in Your commandments, H4687
Which H834 I love. H157

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 - And I shall lift H5375 up my hands H3709 to Your commandments, H4687
Which H834 I love; H157
And I will meditate H7878 on Your statutes. H2706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I hastened H2363 and did not delay H4102
To keep H8104 Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66 - Teach H3925 me good H2898 [fn]discernment H2940 and knowledge, H1847
For I believe H539 in Your commandments. H4687

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Your hands H3027 made H6213 me and [fn]fashioned H3559 me;
Give H995 me understanding, H995 that I may learn H3925 Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:86 - All H3605 Your commandments H4687 are faithful; H530
They have persecuted H7291 me with a lie; H8267 help H5826 me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:96 - I have seen H7200 [fn]a limit H7093 to all H3605 perfection; H8502
Your commandment H4687 is exceedingly H3966 broad. H7342

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Your commandments H4687 make H2449 me wiser H2449 than H4480 my enemies, H340
For they are ever H5769 [fn]mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Depart H5493 from me, evildoers, H7489
That I may observe H5341 the commandments H4687 of my God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I love H157 Your commandments H4687
Above H4480 gold, H2091 yes, above H4480 fine H6337 gold. H6337

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:131 - I opened H6473 my mouth H6310 wide H6473 and panted, H7602
For I longed H2968 for Your commandments. H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:143 - Trouble H6862 and anguish H4689 have [fn]come H4672 upon me,
Yet Your commandments H4687 are my delight. H8191

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