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ne.phesh H5315

נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) means “soul” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

נֶ֫פֶשׁ Hebrew · H5315 754 tagged occurrences in 683 verses

Pronunciation guide: neh'-fesh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5315G

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315H

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: life

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315I

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: myself

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315J

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: person

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315K

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: animal

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315L

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: appetite

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315M

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: dead

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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TBESH · H5315N

נֶ֫פֶשׁ · ne.phesh · soul: neck

1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5314 (נָפַשׁ); properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

KJV glosses: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.

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How translators render H5315

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
my soul 62
my life 28
his life 24
your life 22
i 19
his soul 17
person 13
soul 13
you 13
your soul 13
o my soul 12
himself 11
life 11
yourselves 11
their lives 10
of my soul 9
the life 9
me 8
the soul 8
someone 6
the people 6
creature 5
the souls 5
your lives 5
yourself 5
a life 4
a person 4
herself 4
lives 4
myself 4
of his soul 4
one 4
she 4
the lives 4
themselves 4
to the soul 4
and as you yourself 3
and you 3
as surely as you 3
body 3
creatures 3
for me 3
he 3
in all 3
let me 3
of soul 3
ourselves 3
people 3
their souls 3
them 3
to your soul 3
vvv 3
against that person 2
and 2
and as you 2
and his soul 2
and my soul 2
and soul 2
and the lives 2
as himself 2
by himself 2
death 2
for his life 2
for my soul 2
for the life 2
his 2
his appetite 2
may my life 2
my heart 2
my life as well 2
only themselves 2
our soul 2
souls 2
they 2
those 2
to my soul 2
to the will 2
us 2
we 2
who risked their lives 2
your heart 2
a great appetite 1
a slave 1
alive 1
along with my soul 1
and anyone 1
and as your soul 1
and creatures 1
and he 1
and i 1
and mind 1
and people 1
and the one 1
and the people 1
and the souls 1
and their souls 1
and we 1
and yet my life 1
and your heart 1
and your soul 1
another 1
anyone 1
appetite 1
as he pleased 1
as my life 1
as their lives 1
at heart 1
at the cost of their own lives 1
at the expense of his life 1
at the risk of our lives 1
at the risk of their lives 1
because of a dead body 1
because you 1
because you are 1
being 1
both soul 1
breath 1
but if anyone 1
but the desire 1
but the person 1
but the soul 1
but they 1
by a corpse 1
by a dead body 1
by contact with a corpse 1
dead 1
desire 1
do you 1
for a dead person 1
for life 1
for my life 1
for myself 1
for our lives 1
for the dead 1
for the lives 1
for the soul 1
for your life 1
for your lives 1
for your souls 1
for yourselves 1
from my mortal 1
from vows 1
from whom 1
has delivered me 1
has my soul 1
has shown herself 1
have i 1
he leaves the hungry 1
he will forfeit his life 1
her last breath 1
her soul 1
his breath 1
his heart 1
his neck 1
his own life 1
his own soul 1
if a person 1
if he 1
in my 1
in my soul 1
in soul 1
in the boys life 1
in whom my soul 1
inwardly 1
is my soul 1
its own 1
its throat 1
just what we wanted 1
like the lives 1
may i 1
mind 1
minds 1
mine as well 1
my 1
my desire 1
my neck 1
my own 1
my own life 1
my soul defenseless 1
number 1
of desire 1
of her 1
of his heart 1
of living 1
of me 1
of our souls 1
of people 1
of persons 1
of the dead body 1
of your soul 1
or broken the spirit 1
our 1
our appetite 1
our lives 1
our throats 1
people were taken away 1
persons 1
put herself 1
slaves 1
so that i 1
so that your soul 1
taking ones livelihood 1
that he 1
that i 1
the breath 1
the descendants 1
the man 1
the members 1
the one 1
the person 1
their appetites 1
their courage 1
their hearts 1
their life 1
their own lives 1
their perfume 1
their soul 1
theirs 1
then my life 1
then my soul 1
then the life 1
then you 1
they craved 1
thing 1
to go wherever they wanted 1
to him 1
to him who 1
to his hearts 1
to his soul 1
to kill you 1
to me 1
to take my life 1
to the desire 1
to them 1
until he 1
up my soul 1
upon them 1
what he 1
wherever she wishes 1
who takes the life 1
whoever 1
whose life 1
will be for themselves 1
will cost him his life 1
with a heart 1
with its lifeblood 1
with living 1
with one 1
you are willing 1
you commanders wish to make me king 1
you pulled me 1
you turned away 1
your 1
your lifeblood is shed 1
your own life 1
your souls 1
zeal 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
my soul 79
his soul 26
soul 20
thy soul 20
the soul 18
o my soul 13
my life 12
thy life 11
his life 9
his own soul 9
all the souls 8
and his soul 8
creature 8
for my soul 8
her soul 8
life 8
of my soul 8
souls 8
the souls 8
and with all thy soul 7
our soul 7
persons 7
the life 7
and the soul 6
person 6
after my soul 5
for the life 5
of his soul 5
their life 5
their lives 5
their soul 5
your souls 5
and all the souls 4
and my soul 4
and with all their soul 4
any person 4
body 4
but the soul 4
for his life 4
for your souls 4
himself 4
unto thy soul 4
whatsoever thy soul 4
and that soul 3
and the lives 3
and with all your soul 3
even that soul 3
him whom my soul 3
if a soul 3
not my soul 3
that soul 3
their souls 3
to the soul 3
against that soul 2
and if a soul 2
and the life 2
and the souls 2
and their soul 2
and with all his soul 2
and your soul 2
any 2
but thy life 2
by himself 2
by the dead 2
by the dead body 2
for life 2
for the dead 2
for the soul 2
for their life 2
he 2
heart 2
herself 2
him as his own soul 2
in my soul 2
let me die 2
not thy life 2
of heart 2
of the souls 2
or if a soul 2
our lives 2
shall not my soul 2
that my soul 2
that thy soul 2
the persons 2
their own souls 2
to my soul 2
to thy soul 2
unto my soul 2
yourselves 2
a beast 1
a desire 1
according to all that thy soul 1
after my life 1
against any person 1
against his own life 1
against mine own life 1
against my soul 1
against our souls 1
against the soul 1
against thee from whom thy mind 1
against their own souls 1
against your souls 1
all the persons 1
among us lest angry 1
and all the persons 1
and because their soul 1
and behold as thy life 1
and every person 1
and every soul 1
and his life 1
and in all your souls 1
and in my mind 1
and in your soul 1
and it came to pass as her soul 1
and let not thy soul 1
and let your soul 1
and my life 1
and now my soul 1
and of every creature 1
and of men 1
and our soul 1
and shall not my soul 1
and slayeth 1
and that person 1
and that which your soul 1
and the persons 1
and the tablets 1
and upon the persons 1
and whatsoever soul 1
and when any 1
and will let the souls 1
and with my whole soul 1
and ye shall not make your souls 1
and yet the appetite 1
are mine as the soul 1
as the life 1
as thine own soul 1
as thy soul 1
at her pleasure 1
at his pleasure 1
at their pleasure 1
at thine own pleasure 1
be for his life 1
beast 1
because my soul 1
because thy soul 1
behold all souls 1
behold his soul 1
behold my soul 1
both soul 1
but now our soul 1
but themselves 1
by a dead body 1
by hearty 1
by reason of a dead body 1
desire 1
discontented 1
even the same soul 1
even the soul 1
even the souls 1
every thing 1
for beast 1
for fish 1
for he shall have his life 1
for her soul 1
for him to the soul 1
for himself 1
for his own life 1
for his soul 1
for my life 1
for our soul 1
for our souls 1
for their lives 1
for their lust 1
for their soul 1
for themselves 1
for thy life 1
for whatsoever soul 1
for whatsoever thy soul 1
from her like as my mind 1
from whom thy mind 1
greedy 1
hath thy soul 1
he should make his soul 1
hearts 1
her our life 1
him 1
him because the soul 1
him for the life 1
him mortally 1
him unto the will 1
himself that soul 1
his breath 1
his desire 1
his heart 1
his own 1
i beseech thee my life 1
i pray thee let me live 1
i pray thee let my life 1
in heart 1
in himself 1
in his heart 1
in jeopardy of their lives 1
in my souls 1
in the lads life 1
in their minds 1
in your hearts 1
into their soul 1
is mine the soul 1
it my soul 1
it utterly and all the souls 1
lest my soul 1
let my life 1
let my soul 1
let us not kill 1
lives 1
me not over unto the will 1
me now for my soul 1
me o thou whom my soul 1
me the persons 1
mind 1
minds 1
mine heart 1
moreover the soul 1
my deadly 1
my lust 1
my mind 1
myself 1
no soul 1
nor the life 1
not the soul 1
not their soul 1
not with thyself 1
not with us seeing that his life 1
not yourselves 1
nothing but the soul 1
nothing for his soul 1
of all the persons 1
of her soul 1
of his hearts 1
of his life 1
of his mind 1
of mind 1
of our lives 1
of soul 1
of the desire 1
of the ghost 1
of their soul 1
of thy person 1
of thy soul 1
of your lives 1
of your persons 1
one 1
or for whatsoever thy soul 1
or if your soul 1
over all that thine heart 1
shall go for his life 1
so also the soul 1
so let my life 1
so that my soul 1
so would we have it 1
that every man 1
that hath 1
that have put their lives in jeopardy 1
that his soul 1
that the soul 1
the dead 1
the ghost 1
the heart 1
the same soul 1
thee my soul 1
thee unto the will 1
their heart 1
their minds 1
them and all the souls 1
them and their soul 1
themselves 1
then my mind 1
then shall thy life 1
then thy soul 1
therefore doth my soul 1
therefore let my life 1
therefore thy life 1
therefore unto yourselves 1
therein that soul 1
thereof and all the souls 1
they 1
thine heart 1
thine own life 1
thing 1
to appetite 1
to him whom man 1
to his own soul 1
to his soul 1
to slay 1
to yourselves 1
toward him for the life 1
truly my soul 1
unto him 1
unto me for my soul 1
unto the soul 1
unto thee and my soul 1
unto thee and thy soul 1
unto thee my soul 1
unto their soul 1
unto yourselves 1
upon him even that soul 1
upon him that soul 1
upon me because my life 1
us this soul 1
whatsoever soul 1
when my soul 1
when their soul 1
wherefore should he slay 1
whereunto they desire 1
which every man 1
which yet my soul 1
whither she will 1
with me for thy sake and my soul 1
with my soul 1
with the life 1
with the lives 1
with the soul 1
with them and her mind 1
ye him whom my soul 1
ye to my soul 1
yea his soul 1
you and my soul 1
your lives 1
your mind 1
your minds 1
your soul 1

Verses containing H5315

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  1. Psalms 74:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

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  2. Psalms 77:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

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    Source alternate reference: 77.3

  3. Psalms 78:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

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  4. Psalms 78:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.

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  5. Psalms 84:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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    Source alternate reference: 84.3

  6. Psalms 86:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

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  7. Psalms 86:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Bring joy to Your servant, for to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

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  8. Psalms 86:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

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  9. Psalms 86:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life; they have no regard for You.

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  10. Psalms 88:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

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    Source alternate reference: 88.4

  11. Psalms 88:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

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    Source alternate reference: 88.15

  12. Psalms 89:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 89.49

  13. Psalms 94:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

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  14. Psalms 94:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

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  15. Psalms 94:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

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  16. Psalms 97:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

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  17. Psalms 103:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

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  18. Psalms 103:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

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  19. Psalms 103:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

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  20. Psalms 104:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

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  21. Psalms 104:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

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  22. Psalms 105:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

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  23. Psalms 105:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

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  24. Psalms 106:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

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  25. Psalms 107:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.

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  26. Psalms 107:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

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  27. Psalms 107:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.

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  28. Psalms 107:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They mounted up to the heavens, then sunk to the depths; their courage melted in their anguish.

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  29. Psalms 109:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

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  30. Psalms 109:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

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  31. Psalms 116:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”

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  32. Psalms 116:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

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  33. Psalms 116:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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  34. Psalms 119:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

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  35. Psalms 119:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

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  36. Psalms 119:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.

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  37. Psalms 119:81 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

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  38. Psalms 119:109 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

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  39. Psalms 119:129 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.

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  40. Psalms 119:167 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

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  41. Psalms 119:175 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

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  42. Psalms 120:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

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  43. Psalms 120:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

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  44. Psalms 121:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

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  45. Psalms 123:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

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  46. Psalms 124:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

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  47. Psalms 124:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then the raging waters would have swept us away.

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  48. Psalms 124:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

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  49. Psalms 130:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

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  50. Psalms 130:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.

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