Psalms 119:48

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶשָּֽׂא־כַפַּ֗י אֶֽל־מִ֭צְוֺתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהָ֗בְתִּי וְאָשִׂ֥יחָה בְחֻקֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And-ʾeśśāʾ-ḵappay to-miṣwōṯeyḵā which ʾāhāḇtî and-ʾāśîḥāh in-ḥuqqeykā

Grammar Details

*wǝʾeśśāʾ-ḵappay*: conjunction + qal imperfect 1st person singular + feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - and I will lift up my palms/hands
*ʾel-miṣwōṯeyḵā*: preposition + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your commandments
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʾāhāḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I love/have loved
*wǝʾāśîḥāh*: conjunction + qal imperfect cohortative 1st person singular - and I will meditate
*ḇǝḥuqqeykā*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - on your statutes

Word Meanings

*ʾeśśāʾ-ḵappay*: I will lift up my hands/palms (in worship/commitment)
*ʾāśîḥāh*: I will meditate/consider/ponder
*ḥuqqeykā*: 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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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:15 : 15 I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
Ezek 44:12 : 12 Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and became a stumblingblock of iniquity unto the house of Israel; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, saith the Lord Jehovah, and they shall bear their iniquity.
Mic 5:9 : 9 Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.
Matt 7:21 : 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. 23 For if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth away, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But he that looketh into the perfect law, the [law] of liberty, and [so] continueth, being not a hearer that forgetteth but a doer that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing.
Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 10:12 : 12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 119:47
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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
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15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
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Ps 119:97
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97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
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171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
172Let my tongue sing of thy word; For all thy commandments are righteousness.
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Ps 119:49
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Ps 119:127
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Ps 119:159
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4So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Ps 119:117
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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 143:5
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5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy doings; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Ps 119:143
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143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:4-8
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4Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
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Ps 119:167-168
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167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
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Ps 119:112
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Ps 138:2
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Ps 119:10-12
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10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
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2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Ps 119:66
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Ps 18:1
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Ps 134:2
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Ps 119:32-35
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32I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
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Ps 119:40
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Ps 119:18
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Ps 119:148
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148Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
Ps 119:26
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Ps 119:62
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62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.