Psalms 119:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּֽרֶךְ־פִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ הֲבִינֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָשִׂ֗יחָה בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

dereḵ-piqqûdêḵā hăḇînēnî and-ʾāśîḥâ in-nip̄ləʾôtêḵā

Grammar Details

• *dereḵ*-*piqqûdêḵā*: masculine singular construct + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - way of your precepts
• *hăḇînēnî*: Hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - make me understand
• and-*ʾāśîḥâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will meditate
• in-*nip̄ləʾôtêḵā*: preposition *bə* + Niphal participle feminine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your wonders

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/path/journey/manner
• *piqqûdêḵā*: your precepts/commandments/orders
• *hăḇînēnî*: make me understand/give me insight/teach me
• *ʾāśîḥâ*: I will meditate/ponder/talk about
• *nip̄ləʾôtêḵā*: your wonders/marvels/miracles

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:2 : 2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works.
• Ps 111:4 : 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful.
• Ps 145:5-6 : 5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.
• Acts 2:11 : 11 Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty works of God.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
• Exod 13:14-15 : 14 And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.
• Josh 4:6-7 : 6 that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? 7 then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
• Ps 71:17 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
• Ps 78:4 : 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.