Psalms 119:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד־מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

ʾet-ḥuqqêḵā ʾešmōr not-taʿazḇēnî until-məʾōd

Grammar Details

*ʾet*-*ḥuqqêḵā*: direct object marker + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
*ʾešmōr*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will keep
not-*taʿazḇēnî*: negative particle + Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - do not forsake me
until-*məʾōd*: preposition *ʿad* + adverb - to uttermost

Word Meanings

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances
*ʾešmōr*: I will keep/observe/guard
*taʿazḇēnî*: forsake me/leave me/abandon me
until-*məʾōd*: utterly/completely/exceedingly

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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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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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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

Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
Ps 38:21-22 : 21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
Ps 51:11 : 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:115-117 : 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:16
81%
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:115-117
3 verses
80%
115Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:9-12
4 verses
79%
9BETH. Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:33-34
2 verses
79%
33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:4-7
4 verses
78%
4Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
6Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:87-88
2 verses
78%
87They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 38:21
77%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
77%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.
102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:93-94
2 verses
76%
93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:43-44
2 verses
76%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
44So shall I observe thy law continually For ever and ever.
Ps 119:167-168
2 verses
76%
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:145-146
2 verses
76%
145QOPH. I have called with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.
146I have called unto thee; Save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.
Ps 119:141
76%
141I am small and despised; [Yet] do I not forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:80
75%
80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
Ps 119:158-159
2 verses
75%
158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:31
75%
31I cleave unto thy testimonies: O Jehovah, put me not to shame.
Ps 71:9
75%
9Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Ps 119:66-69
4 verses
75%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
68Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Ps 119:22
74%
22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
Deut 8:11
74%
11Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Ps 119:112
74%
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 18:22
74%
22For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me.
Ps 119:176
74%
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 119:106
74%
106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
2 Sam 22:22
74%
22For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ps 119:26
73%
26I declared my ways, and thou answeredst me: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:40
73%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:56
73%
56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 40:11
73%
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Ps 119:129
73%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:153
73%
153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.