Psalms 37:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהָ֣יו בְּלִבּ֑וֹ לֹ֖א תִמְעַ֣ד אֲשֻׁרָיו׃‪[c]‬

Transliteration

Tôrat ʾĕlōhāyw [is] in his libbô; not timʿad his ʾăšurāyw.

Grammar Details

• *tôrat*: feminine singular construct - law/instruction of
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God
• *bəlibbô*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his heart
• *lōʾ*: particle of negation - not
• *timʿad*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - they slip/totter
• *ʾăšurāyw*: feminine plural noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his steps

Word Meanings

• *tôrat ʾĕlōhāyw*: law of his God/instruction of his God/teaching of his God
• *bəlibbô*: in his heart/in his mind/within him
• *timʿad ʾăšurāyw*: his steps slip/his feet totter/his walk falters

Referenced Verses

• Deut 6:6 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
• Ps 37:23 : 23 A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
• Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
• Ps 119:98 : 98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
• Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• Prov 4:4 : 4 And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;
• Heb 8:10 : 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them {G1519} a God, And they shall be to me {G1519} a people:
• Ps 44:18 : 18 Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
• Deut 11:18-20 : 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates;
• Job 23:11 : 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
• Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
• Ps 17:5 : 5 My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.
• Ps 73:2 : 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
• Ps 40:2-3 : 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. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.
• Ezek 27:6 : 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
• Prov 14:15 : 15 The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.