Psalms 119:34

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Geue me vnderstanding, & I wil kepe thy law: yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲ֭בִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָ֥ה תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה בְכָל־לֵֽב׃

Transliteration

hăḇînēnî and-ʾeṣṣərâ tôrāteḵā and-ʾešmərennâ with-all-lēḇ

Grammar Details

• *hăḇînēnî*: Hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - make me understand
• and-*ʾeṣṣərâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will observe
• *tôrāteḵā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
• and-*ʾešmərennâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and I will keep it
• with-all-*lēḇ*: preposition *bə* + noun *kol* + masculine singular noun - with all heart

Word Meanings

• *hăḇînēnî*: make me understand/give me insight/teach me
• *ʾeṣṣərâ*: I will observe/keep/watch/guard
• *tôrāteḵā*: your law/instruction/teaching/direction
• *ʾešmərennâ*: I will keep it/guard it/observe it
• *lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner self

Referenced Verses

• Matt 7:24 : 24 Therfore, whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges, and doeth the same, I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt his house vpon a rocke:
• Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisdome, let him aske of God, that geueth to all men indifferentlie, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen hym.
• Ps 119:69 : 69 The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me: but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my whole heart.
• Ps 119:73 : 73 Iod Thy handes haue made me and fashioned me: geue me vnderstanding, and I will learne thy comaundementes.
• Prov 2:5-6 : 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.
• Matt 5:19 : 19 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
• Ps 111:10 : 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer.
• Ps 119:10 : 10 I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.
• Ps 119:58 : 58 I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word.
• 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.
• Jas 2:8-9 : 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe, according to the scripture, thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye do well: 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours. 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie of all. 11 For he that sayde, thou shalt not commit adulterie: sayde also, thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kyll, thou art become a transgressour of the lawe. 12 So speake ye, and so do, as they that shalbe iudged by the lawe of libertie.
• Jas 3:13-18 : 13 Who is a wise man, and endued with knoweledge among you? let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome. 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth. 15 For such wisdome descendeth not fro aboue: but is earthlie, sensuall, and deuelishe. 16 For where enuiyng and strife is, there is sedition & all maner of euyll workes. 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation: 18 Yea, and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace, of the that make peace.
• Jas 4:11 : 11 Backbite not one another brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that iudgeth his brother, backbiteth ye lawe, and iudgeth the lawe: But and yf thou iudge the lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the lawe, but a iudge.
• John 7:17 : 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
• Deut 4:6 : 6 Kepe them therfore and do them, for that is your wisdome and vnderstandyng in the syght of the people, that they may heare all these ordinaunces, and say: Surely it is a wise and vnderstandyng people, it is a great nation.