Psalms 51:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾălammədâ pōšəʿîm dərākêkā and-ḥaṭṭāʾîm to-you yāšûbû

Grammar Details

*ʾălammədâ*: Piel cohortative 1st person singular - let me teach
*pōšəʿîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - transgressors
*dərākêkā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: masculine plural noun - sinners
*yāšûbû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will return

Word Meanings

*ʾălammədâ*: let me teach/I will teach/may I instruct
*pōšəʿîm*: transgressors/rebels/criminals
*dərākêkā*: your ways/paths/journeys
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: sinners/offenders/those who miss the mark
*yāšûbû*: they will return/turn back/repent

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. 4 So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I declared All the ordinances of thy mouth.
Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 16:63 : 63 that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Ezek 29:21 : 21 In that day will I cause a horn to bud forth unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Gen 44:16 : 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.
Exod 4:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?
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.
Ps 9:14 : 14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
Heb 13:15 : 15 Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.
Matt 22:12 : 12 and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding- garment? And he was speechless.
Mark 7:34 : 34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

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