Psalms 119:80

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהִֽי־לִבִּ֣י תָמִ֣ים בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָ לְ֝מַ֗עַן לֹ֣א אֵבֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

Let be yəhî my heart libbî blameless ṯāmîm in your statutes bəḥuqqêḵā; so that ləmaʿan not lōʾ I am put to shame ʾēḇôš.

Grammar Details

• *yəhî*: qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let be/may it be
• *libbî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
• *ṯāmîm*: adjective masculine singular - blameless/complete
• *bəḥuqqêḵā*: preposition + masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your statutes
• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ʾēḇôš*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I am put to shame

Word Meanings

• *yəhî*: let be/may be/become
• *libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self
• *ṯāmîm*: blameless/perfect/complete/sound
• *ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws
• *ləmaʿan*: so that/in order that/for the purpose that
• *ʾēḇôš*: I am put to shame/I am disgraced/I am disappointed

Referenced Verses

• Deut 26:16 : 16 This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
• 2 Chr 12:14 : 14 And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.
• 2 Chr 15:17 : 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
• 2 Chr 25:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, but not with a perfect heart.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Ps 25:2-3 : 2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
• Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for thee.
• Ps 32:2 : 2 Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.
• Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
• Ezek 11:9 : 9 And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
• John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
• 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.