Psalms 25:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַדְרֵ֣ךְ עֲ֭נָוִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וִֽילַמֵּ֖ד עֲנָוִ֣ים דַּרְכּֽוֹ

Transliteration

yaḏrēḵ ʿănāwîm bammišpāṭ wîlammēḏ ʿănāwîm darkô

Grammar Details

*yaḏrēḵ*: verb, Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he guides/leads'
*ʿănāwîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'humble ones/afflicted ones'
*bammišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'in justice/judgment'
*wîlammēḏ*: conjunction + verb, Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he teaches'
*darkô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his way'

Word Meanings

*yaḏrēḵ*: guides/leads/makes walk
*ʿănāwîm*: humble ones/afflicted ones/poor ones
*mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/right manner
*lammēḏ*: teaches/trains/instructs
*darkô*: his way/his path/his manner

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Gal 5:23 : 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
Ezek 11:19-20 : 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; 20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.
Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
1 Pet 3:15 : 15 but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: {G1161} [being] ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:
Ps 22:26 : 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
Ps 23:3 : 3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
Ps 32:8-9 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Ps 76:9 : 9 When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. {H5542}
Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
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.
Ps 147:6 : 6 Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Ps 119:66 : 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isa 42:1-3 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
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;
1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Heb 10:20 : 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Acts 9:2 : 2 and asked of him letters to Damascus unto the synagogues, that if he found any that were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 13:10 : 10 and said, O full of all guile and all villany, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

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