Psalms 119:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Aleph. Blessed are those that be perfect in the way: walkyng in the lawe of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַשְׁרֵ֥י תְמִֽימֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝הֹלְכִ֗ים בְּתוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾašrê təmîmê-dāreḵ hahōləḵîm in-tôrat YHWH

Grammar Details

• *ʾašrê*: construct plural - blessedness/happiness of
• *təmîmê*: construct plural of *tāmîm* - complete/blameless ones of
• *dāreḵ*: singular noun - way/path
• *hahōləḵîm*: definite article + Qal participle masculine plural - the ones walking
• in-*tôrat*: preposition *bə* + construct singular - in law/instruction of
• *YHWH*: divine name (Tetragrammaton)

Word Meanings

• *ʾašrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *təmîmê*: blameless/complete/perfect/having integrity
• *dāreḵ*: way/path/journey/manner
• *tôrat*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
• *YHWH*: divine name, not pronounced, often rendered as LORD

Referenced Verses

• Ps 128:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. He is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God: walking in his waies.
• Ezek 11:20 : 20 That they may walke in my commaundementes, and kepe mine ordinaunces and do them, that they may be my people, and I their God.
• Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them.
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
• John 13:17 : 17 Yf ye knowe these thynges, happy are ye, yf ye do them.
• Prov 11:20 : 20 The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.
• 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God. 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus.
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men, 12 Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde:
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that their power may be in the tree of lyfe, and may enter in through the gates into the citie.
• Ps 112:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes.
• Prov 13:6 : 6 Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.
• Hos 14:9 : 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
• Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein studie I, to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God, and toward men.
• 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beseche the, O Lorde, remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart, & haue done that whiche is good in thy sight. And Hezekia wept sore.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda: & wrought it that is good, and right and true before the Lorde his God. 21 And in al the workes that he began, for seruice of the house of God, for the lawe, & for the commaundementes, he sought his God: and that did he with all his heart, and prospered.
• Job 1:1 : 1 In the lande of Hus there was a man whose name was Iob, & the same was a perfect and iust man, one that feared God and eschued euill.
• Job 1:8 : 8 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan: Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob, how there is none lyke him in the earth? a perfect and a iust man, one that feareth God, and eschueth euill?
• Ps 1:1-3 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly: nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull. 2 But his delight is in the lawe of God: and in God his lawe exerciseth himselfe day and night. 3 And he shalbe lyke a tree planted by the waters syde, that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season: and whose leafe wythereth not, for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper.
• Ps 32:1-2 : 1 A wyse instruction of Dauid. Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen: and whose sinne is couered. 2 Blessed is ye man vnto whom God imputeth no vnrighteousnes: & in whose spirit there is no guile.
• Ps 101:2 : 2 I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse: when thou wylt come vnto me, I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart.
• Ps 101:6 : 6 Myne eyes shalbe vpon such in the lande as haue a true meanyng, that they may sit with me: he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me.
• 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
• John 1:47 : 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym, & sayeth of hym: Beholde a ryght Israelite, in whom is no guile.
• Matt 5:3-9 : 3 Blessed (are) the poore in spirite: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. 4 Blessed (are) they that mourne: for they shalbe comforted. 5 Blessed (are) the meke: for they shall inherite the earth. 6 Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied. 7 Blessed (are) the mercyfull: for they shall obteyne mercy. 8 Blessed (are) the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed (are) the peace makers: for they shalbe called the chyldren of God. 10 Blessed (are) they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen. 11 Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake. 12 Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you.