Lexicon :: Strong's G3191 - meletaō

“This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on[fn] it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do.

Is there injustice on my tongue

or can my palate not taste disaster?

my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Instead, his delight is in the LORD’s instruction,

and he meditates on it day and night.

Why do the nations rage

and the peoples plot in vain?

And my tongue will proclaim your righteousness,

your praise all day long.

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom;

his tongue speaks what is just.

Those who intend to kill me set traps,

and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;

they plot treachery all day long.

When I think of you as I lie on my bed,

I meditate on you during the night watches

Therefore, my tongue will proclaim

your righteousness all day long,

for those who intend to harm me

will be disgraced and confounded.

I consider days of old,

years long past.

I will reflect on all you have done

and meditate on your actions.

For all our days ebb away under your wrath;

we end our years like a sigh.

I will delight in your statutes;

I will not forget your word.

I delight in your commands,

which I love.

Their hearts are hard and insensitive,

but I delight in your instruction.

Sustain me so that I can be safe

and always be concerned about your statutes.

I am awake through each watch of the night

to meditate on your promise.

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all you have done;

I reflect on the work of your hands.

“For my mouth tells the truth,

and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

When arrogance comes, disgrace follows,

but with humility comes wisdom.

The mind of the righteous person thinks before answering,

but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil things.

If you stop listening to correction, my son,

you will stray from the words of knowledge.

for their hearts plan violence,

and their words stir up trouble.

Therefore let Moab wail;

let every one of them wail for Moab.

You who are completely devastated, mourn

for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth.

You disputed with Israel

by banishing and driving her away.[fn]

He removed her with his severe storm

on the day of the east wind.

Your mind will meditate on the past terror:

“Where is the accountant?[fn]

Where is the tribute collector?[fn]

Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”[fn]

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;

I moan like a dove.

My eyes grow weak looking upward.

Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

transgression and deception against the LORD,

turning away from following our God,

speaking oppression and revolt,

conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.