Psalms 119:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֭וֹדְךָ בְּיֹ֣שֶׁר לֵבָ֑ב בְּ֝לָמְדִ֗י מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

ʾôdəḵā in-yōšer lēḇāḇ in-lomdî mišpəṭê ṣidqeḵā

Grammar Details

*ʾôdəḵā*: Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I will praise you
in-*yōšer*: preposition *bə* + masculine singular construct - in uprightness of
*lēḇāḇ*: masculine singular noun - heart
in-*lomdî*: preposition *bə* + Qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my learning
*mišpəṭê*: masculine plural construct - judgments of
*ṣidqeḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness

Word Meanings

*ʾôdəḵā*: I will praise you/thank you/acknowledge you
*yōšer*: uprightness/straightness/integrity
*lēḇāḇ*: heart/mind/inner person
*lomdî*: my learning/studying
*mišpəṭê*: judgments/ordinances/decisions
*ṣidqeḵā*: your righteousness/justice/rightness

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

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. 10 All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Ps 86:12-13 : 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore. 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
1 Chr 29:13-17 : 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own. 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
Ps 9:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
Ps 119:33-34 : 33 HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:171 : 171 Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
Ps 119:73 : 73 YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
John 6:45 : 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one {G3767} that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.
Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths. 5 Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
Ps 119:18-19 : 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law. 19 I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.
Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:64 : 64 The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy lovingkindness: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:124 : 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy lovingkindness, And teach me thy statutes.
Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

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Ps 119:164
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164Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
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171Let my lips utter praise; For thou teachest me thy statutes.
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1[ A Psalm] of David. I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.
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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.
Ps 119:66
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66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
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137TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
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1For the Chief Musician; set to Muth-labben. A Psalm of David. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works.
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1Praise ye Jehovah. I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart, In the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
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106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:33-34
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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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Ps 101:1
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Ps 119:102
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102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
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12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
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Ps 119:30
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Ps 7:17
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68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
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Ps 119:75
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Ps 119:47
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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:43
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142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
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27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
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Ps 119:120
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Ps 118:28
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28Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto thee: Thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
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