Psalms 119:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דָּבַ֥קְתִּי בְעֵֽדְוֺתֶ֑יךָ יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל־תְּבִישֵֽׁנִי׃

Transliteration

dāḇaqtî in-ʿēdəwōtêḵā YHWH not-təḇîšēnî

Grammar Details

• *dāḇaqtî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have clung
• in-*ʿēdəwōtêḵā*: preposition *bə* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your testimonies
• *YHWH*: divine name (Tetragrammaton)
• not-*təḇîšēnî*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - do not put me to shame

Word Meanings

• *dāḇaqtî*: I have clung/adhered/kept close/held fast
• *ʿēdəwōtêḵā*: your testimonies/witnesses/decrees
• *təḇîšēnî*: put me to shame/disappoint me/humiliate me

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:4 : 4 But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
• Deut 10:20 : 20 Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
• Deut 11:22 : 22 For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
• Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
• Ps 25:20 : 20 Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
• Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
• 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 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
• Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
• Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
• Isa 45:17 : 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
• Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
• Jer 17:18 : 18 Let them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
• John 8:31 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;
• Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he was come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and he exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord:
• Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
• 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.