Psalms 119:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דְּרָכַ֣י סִ֭פַּרְתִּי וַֽתַּעֲנֵ֗נִי לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

dərāḵay sippartî and-taʿănēnî lammədēnî ḥuqqêḵā

Grammar Details

*dərāḵay*: masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my ways
*sippartî*: Piel perfect 1st person singular - I have recounted
and-*taʿănēnî*: conjunction *wə* + Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and you answered me
*lammədēnî*: Piel imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - teach me
*ḥuqqêḵā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes

Word Meanings

*dərāḵay*: my ways/paths/journeys/conduct
*sippartî*: I have recounted/declared/told/related
*taʿănēnî*: you answered me/responded to me
*lammədēnî*: teach me/instruct me/train me
*ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances

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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 25:4 : 4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths.
Ps 86:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: Unite my heart to fear thy name.
Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
Ps 32:5 : 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. {H5542}
Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is Jehovah: Therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
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 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
1 Kgs 8:36 : 36 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 38:18 : 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Ps 51:1-9 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity; And in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; And sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
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33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
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124Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 119:135
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Ps 119:15-16
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15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
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Ps 119:149
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Ps 119:25
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Ps 119:8
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Ps 119:56-59
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56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
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Ps 119:64
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64The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:40
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:30
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30I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
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Ps 119:117
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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
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8Cause 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.