Psalms 119:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע לֹ֖א אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח דְּבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

In-ḥuqqōtêḵā ʾeštaʿăšāʿ not ʾeškaḥ dəḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

In-*ḥuqqōtêḵā*: preposition *bə* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your statutes
*ʾeštaʿăšāʿ*: Hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I will delight myself
not *ʾeškaḥ*: negative particle + Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will not forget
*dəḇāreḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word

Word Meanings

*ḥuqqōtêḵā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances
*ʾeštaʿăšāʿ*: I will delight myself/take pleasure/find enjoyment
*ʾeškaḥ*: I will forget/ignore/neglect
*dəḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

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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 119:24 : 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.
Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
Ps 119:47 : 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
Ps 119:77 : 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:92-93 : 92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
Heb 10:16-17 : 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws on their heart, And upon their mind also will I write them; [then saith he], 17 And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no {G3361} more.
Jas 1:23-24 : 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Ps 119:109 : 109 My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
Ps 119:141 : 141 I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:14 : 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:45-47
3 verses
82%
45And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
46I will also speak of thy testimonies before kings, And shall not be put to shame.
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:6-12
7 verses
81%
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 119:14-15
2 verses
81%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
Ps 119:93
80%
93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
Ps 119:17
78%
17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.
Ps 119:141
77%
141I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:33-35
3 verses
77%
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 119:159
75%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:77
75%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:162
75%
162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
Ps 119:174
75%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:97
75%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:153
75%
153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
Ps 119:143
75%
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 40:8
75%
8I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:43
75%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:54-56
3 verses
74%
54Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
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 119:69
74%
69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Ps 119:176
74%
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 119:60-61
2 verses
74%
60I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.
61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:171-172
2 verses
74%
171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
74%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:106
73%
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:117
73%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:52
73%
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
Ps 119:167
73%
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
Ps 119:49
73%
49ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
Ps 119:112
73%
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 119:66
73%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Ps 119:40
73%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:129
73%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:139
73%
139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Ps 119:27
73%
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:109
73%
109My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.