Psalms 119:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גְּמֹ֖ל עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה דְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

gəmōl upon-ʿaḇdəḵā ʾeḥyeh and-ʾešmərâ dəḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

• *gəmōl*: Qal imperative masculine singular - deal bountifully
• upon-*ʿaḇdəḵā*: preposition *ʿal* + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon your servant
• *ʾeḥyeh*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will live
• and-*ʾešmərâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will keep
• *dəḇāreḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word

Word Meanings

• *gəmōl*: deal bountifully/reward/do good to
• *ʿaḇdəḵā*: your servant/slave/subordinate
• *ʾeḥyeh*: I will live/be alive/continue
• *ʾešmərâ*: I will keep/observe/guard
• *dəḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

Referenced Verses

• Ps 13:6 : 6 I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
• Ps 116:7 : 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
• Ps 119:65 : 65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
• Ps 119:124 : 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
• Ps 119:132 : 132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
• John 1:16 : 16 For of his fulness {G2983} we all received, and grace for grace.
• Rom 8:2-4 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
• 2 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 [ Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not {G1537} grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound unto you; that ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work: 9 as it is written, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the poor; His righteousness abideth for ever. 10 And he that supplieth seed to the sower and {G5524} bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: 11 ye being enriched in everything unto all liberality, which worketh through us thanksgiving to God.
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.
• Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God shall supply every {G5216} need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
• 1 John 5:3-4 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.