Psalms 37:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵ֭יְהוָה מִֽצְעֲדֵי־גֶ֥בֶר כּוֹנָ֗נוּ וְדַרְכּ֥וֹ יֶחְפָּֽץ׃

Transliteration

From YHWH miṣʿădê-geber are kônānû, and in his darkô he yeḥpāṣ.

Grammar Details

*mēYHWH*: preposition + proper noun - from the LORD/by Yahweh
*miṣʿădê*: masculine plural construct - steps of
*geber*: masculine singular noun - man/strong man
*kônānû*: Polal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are established
*wədarkô*: conjunction + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his way
*yeḥpāṣ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he delights in

Word Meanings

*miṣʿădê-geber*: steps of a man/a man's way/a person's path
*kônānû*: are established/are made firm/are directed
*yeḥpāṣ*: he delights in/he takes pleasure in/he desires

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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

1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Prov 4:26 : 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.
Jer 10:23 : 23 O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
Ps 119:133 : 133 Establish my footsteps in thy word; And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Ps 121:8 : 8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Ps 85:13 : 13 Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in].
Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
Jer 9:24 : 24 but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
Heb 13:16 : 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Prov 11:20 : 20 They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Job 23:11-12 : 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Ps 17:5 : 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

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