Psalms 119:10

American Standard Version (1901)

With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכָל־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל־תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

With-all-libbî dəraštiḵā not-tašgēnî from-miṣwōtêḵā

Grammar Details

• With-all-*libbî*: preposition *bə* + noun *kol* + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - with all my heart
• *dəraštiḵā*: Qal perfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have sought you
• not-*tašgēnî*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - do not let me wander
• from-*miṣwōtêḵā*: preposition *min* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your commandments

Word Meanings

• *libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self
• *dəraštiḵā*: I have sought you/searched for you/inquired of you
• *tašgēnî*: let me wander/err/go astray
• *miṣwōtêḵā*: your commandments/precepts/orders

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Jehovah gave them rest round about.
• Ps 119:118 : 118 Thou hast set at nought all them that err from thy statutes; For their deceit is falsehood.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• Ps 119:133 : 133 Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
• Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
• Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
• Ps 119:58 : 58 I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
• Ps 23:3 : 3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
• Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
• Col 3:22 : 22 Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: [
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for [the redeemed] : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err [therein] .
• Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
• Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek [after them] .
• Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
• Zeph 1:5-6 : 5 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to Jehovah and swear by Malcam; 6 and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
• Ps 78:37 : 37 For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
• Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
• Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
• Prov 2:13 : 13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
• Prov 21:16 : 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
• 1 John 2:15 : 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; 16 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet. 17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. 18 For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.