Psalms 119:133

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּ֭עָמַי הָכֵ֣ן בְּאִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ וְֽאַל־תַּשְׁלֶט־בִּ֥י כָל־אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

pəʿāmay hākēn in ʾimrātekā wəʾal-tašlēṭ-in me all-ʾāwen

Grammar Details

*pəʿāmay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix - my steps/footsteps
*hākēn*: imperative, masculine singular, hiphil - establish/make firm
*ʾimrātekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word/saying
*wəʾal*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*tašlēṭ*: jussive, 3rd person masculine singular, hiphil - let rule/dominate
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness

Word Meanings

*pəʿāmay*: my steps/my footsteps/my feet
*hākēn*: establish/make firm/direct
*ʾimrātekā*: your word/your saying/your command
*tašlēṭ*: rule over/dominate/have power over
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 17:5 : 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
Ps 19:13 : 13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; Let them not have dominion over me: Then shall I be upright, And I shall be clear from great transgression.
Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
Ps 119:116 : 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Rom 6:12-14 : 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts thereof: 13 neither present your members unto sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
Rom 7:23-24 : 23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. 24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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