Psalms 119:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּֽרֶךְ־מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אָר֑וּץ כִּ֖י תַרְחִ֣יב לִבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

dereḵ-miṣwōtêḵā ʾārûṣ because tarḥîḇ libbî

Grammar Details

• *dereḵ*-*miṣwōtêḵā*: masculine singular construct + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - way of your commandments
• *ʾārûṣ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will run
• because *tarḥîḇ*: conjunction *kî* + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - because you will enlarge
• *libbî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my heart

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/path/journey/manner
• *miṣwōtêḵā*: your commandments/precepts/orders
• *ʾārûṣ*: I will run/rush/hurry
• *tarḥîḇ*: you will enlarge/widen/broaden/open
• *libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the {H3220} sea-shore.
• John 8:32 : 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
• John 8:36 : 36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
• 1 Cor 9:24-26 : 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. 25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they {G3303} [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air:
• 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is liberty.
• 2 Cor 6:11 : 11 Our mouth is open unto you, O Corinthians, our heart is enlarged.
• Isa 60:5 : 5 Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
• Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
• Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
• Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
• Job 36:15-16 : 15 He delivereth the afflicted by their affliction, And openeth their ear in oppression. 16 Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
• Ps 18:36 : 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
• Ps 119:45 : 45 And I shall walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.
• Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.
• Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.