Psalms 119:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּפִקֻּדֶ֥יךָ אָשִׂ֑יחָה וְ֝אַבִּ֗יטָה אֹרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

In-p̄iqqudêḵā ʾāśîḥâ and-ʾabbîṭâ ʾorḥōtêḵā

Grammar Details

• In-*p̄iqqudêḵā*: preposition *bə* + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your precepts
• *ʾāśîḥâ*: Qal cohortative 1st person singular - I will meditate
• and-*ʾabbîṭâ*: conjunction *wə* + Hiphil cohortative 1st person singular - and I will consider
• *ʾorḥōtêḵā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your paths

Word Meanings

• *p̄iqqudêḵā*: your precepts/commandments/orders
• *ʾāśîḥâ*: I will meditate/ponder/talk about
• *ʾabbîṭâ*: I will consider/look at/regard/examine
• *ʾorḥōtêḵā*: your paths/ways/roads/travelers

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will meditate{H7878} on thy precepts,{H6490} And have respect{H5027} unto thy ways.{H734}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I will meditate{H7878}{(H8799)} in thy precepts{H6490}, and have respect{H5027}{(H8686)} unto thy ways{H734}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil exercise my self in thy comaundementes, & haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll study thy commaundementes: and I wyll consider thy wayes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will meditate on your precepts, And consider your ways.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In Thy precepts I meditate, And I behold attentively Thy paths.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will meditate on your precepts, and consider your ways.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 1:2 : 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night.
• Ps 119:148 : 148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.
• Ps 119:23 : 23 Though rulers sit and speak against me, Your servant will meditate on Your statutes.
• Ps 119:48 : 48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
• Ps 119:78 : 78 May the insolent be ashamed for wronging me with lies, but I will meditate on Your precepts.
• Ps 119:97 : 97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all day long.
• Ps 119:117 : 117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will meditate on Your statutes continually.
• Ps 119:131 : 131 I open my mouth wide and pant, longing for Your commandments.
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.
• Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.