Psalms 119:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּפִקֻּדֶ֥יךָ אָשִׂ֑יחָה וְ֝אַבִּ֗יטָה אֹרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

In-p̄iqqudêḵā ʾāśîḥâ and-ʾabbîṭâ ʾorḥōtêḵā

Grammar Details

In-*p̄iqqudêḵā*: preposition *bə* + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your precepts
*ʾāśîḥâ*: Qal cohortative 1st person singular - I will meditate
and-*ʾabbîṭâ*: conjunction *wə* + Hiphil cohortative 1st person singular - and I will consider
*ʾorḥōtêḵā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your paths

Word Meanings

*p̄iqqudêḵā*: your precepts/commandments/orders
*ʾāśîḥâ*: I will meditate/ponder/talk about
*ʾabbîṭâ*: I will consider/look at/regard/examine
*ʾorḥōtêḵā*: your paths/ways/roads/travelers

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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 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 119:148 : 148 Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
Ps 119:23 : 23 Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:48 : 48 I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:78 : 78 Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:97 : 97 MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:117 : 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:131 : 131 I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
Jas 1:25 : 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:16
81%
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:168
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168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:45
78%
45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 77:12
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12I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.
Ps 119:59
78%
59I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 119:26-27
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78%
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:47-48
2 verses
77%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:159
77%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:14
77%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
Ps 119:4-12
9 verses
76%
4Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.
9BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:78
76%
78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:97
76%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:33-35
3 verses
75%
33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
Ps 119:55-56
2 verses
75%
55I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:99-101
3 verses
75%
99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
100I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
Ps 119:69
75%
69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Ps 119:148
75%
148Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
Ps 119:127-129
3 verses
74%
127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
128Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:40
74%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:93
74%
93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
Ps 119:66
74%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Ps 119:22-23
2 verses
74%
22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
23Princes also sat and talked against me; [But] thy servant did meditate on thy statutes.
Ps 119:95
73%
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; [But] I will consider thy testimonies.
Ps 119:117
73%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:171
73%
171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
Ps 119:112
73%
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 143:5
72%
5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Ps 145:5
72%
5Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.
Ps 119:63
72%
63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.
Ps 5:1
72%
1For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
Ps 119:18
72%
18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
Ps 119:30
72%
30I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].