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Psalms 119:163

I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

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שֶׁ֣קֶרsheqerwithout a causeשֶׁקֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “without a cause”, the ordinary formH8267an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, [phrase] lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.שָׂ֭נֵאתִיsanetihateשָׂנֵאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hate”, a completed actionH8130to hate (personally)enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.וַאֲתַעֵ֑בָהvaataevahand abhorתַּעָבconjunction, verb, piel, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and abhor”, a determination or requestH8581to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest(make to be) abhor(-red), (be, commit more, do) abominable(-y), [idiom] utterly.תּוֹרָתְךָ֥toratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.אָהָֽבְתִּיahavetiloveאָהַבverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “love”, a completed actionH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.

Young’s Literal Translation

Falsehood I have hated, yea I abominate [it], Thy law I have loved.

World English Bible

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law.

Darby Translation

I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I hate and abhor falsehood; Thy law do I love.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀδικίαν ἐμίσησα καὶ ἐβδελυξάμην, τὸν δὲ νόμον σου ἠγάπησα.