Psalms 119:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Beth Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּמֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה־נַּ֭עַר אֶת־אָרְח֑וֹ לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

In-meh yəzakkeh-naʿar ʾet-ʾorḥô to-šəmōr according-to-diḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

• In-*meh*: preposition *bə* + interrogative - in what/whereby
• *yəzakkeh*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he cleanses/purifies
• *naʿar*: masculine singular noun - young man/youth
• *ʾet*-*ʾorḥô*: direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way
• to-*šəmōr*: preposition *lə* + Qal infinitive construct - to keep
• according-to-*diḇāreḵā*: preposition *kə* + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - according to your word

Word Meanings

• *meh*: what/how/whereby
• *yəzakkeh*: cleanse/purify/keep clean
• *naʿar*: young man/youth/boy/servant
• *ʾorḥô*: his way/path/journey/conduct
• *šəmōr*: keep/guard/observe/protect
• *diḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:21-25 : 21 Wherfore, lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, and receaue with mekenesse, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules. 22 And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues. 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse: 24 For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was. 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.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.
• Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be thou strong, and of a stoute courage, that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaunded thee: Turne from the same neither to the right hande, nor to the lefte, that thou maiest do wisely in al that thou takest in hande.
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth: but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me.
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God.
• 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus. 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and is profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse, 17 That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes.
• Titus 2:4-6 : 4 To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren, 5 (To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded.
• Eccl 11:9-12:1 : 9 Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges. 10 Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie. 1 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:
• John 15:3 : 3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you.
• Job 13:26 : 26 For thou layest sharply to my charge, and punishest me for the sinnes of my youth.
• Ps 119:11 : 11 I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.
• Ps 119:97-99 : 97 Mem Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe? my study is all the day long in it. 98 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes: for they are euer with me. 99 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study. 100 I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can: because I kept thy commaundementes. 101 I haue rstrayned my feete from euery euyll way: that I may kepe thy worde. 102 I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes: for thou didst teache me. 103 Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth. 104 Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng: therfore I hate all wayes of falshood. 105 Nun Thy worde is a candell vnto my feete: and a lyght vnto my pathes.
• Prov 1:4 : 4 To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.
• Prov 1:10 : 10 My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them.
• Prov 4:1 : 1 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding.
• Prov 4:10-17 : 10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many. 11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes. 12 So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. 13 Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life. 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked: 15 Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it. 16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme. 17 For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie.
• Prov 5:7-9 : 7 Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth. 8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house. 9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell: 10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house. 11 Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say: 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction? 13 Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me? 14 I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation. 15 Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring. 16 Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates: 17 But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee. 18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue. 20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger? 21 For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges. 22 The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped. 23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.
• Prov 6:20-35 : 20 My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother: 21 Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke. 22 That shall leade thee when thou goest, preserue thee when thou art asleepe, and when thou awakest talke with thee. 23 For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life: 24 That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman. 25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes. 26 By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man. 27 May a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent? 28 Or can one go vpon hotte coales, and his feete not be brent? 29 Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie. 30 Men do not vtterly despise a thiefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hungrie: 31 But if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: and he that doth it, destroyeth his owne soule. 33 He getteth him selfe a plague and dishonour, and his reproche shall neuer be put out: 34 For the ielousie and wrath of the man wyll not be entreated, 35 No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes, he wyll not receaue them.
• Prov 7:7 : 7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,
• 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 19:7-9 : 7 The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes. 9 The feare of God is sincere, & endureth for euer: the iudgementes of God are trueth, they be iust in all poyntes. 10 They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe. 11 Moreouer, by them thy seruaunt is well aduertised: and in kepyng of them there is a great rewarde.
• Ps 78:4-8 : 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children: nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come, the prayses of God, and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done. 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe: in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children. 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, and children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children. 7 That they shoulde put their trust in God, and not forget the workes of God: but kepe his commaundementes. 8 And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation: a generation that directed not their heart aright, and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day, shalbe in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp. 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes, 9 And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house, & vpon thy gates.
• Deut 17:18 : 18 And when he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome, he shall write hym out a copie of this lawe in a booke before the priestes the Leuites:
• Job 1:5 : 5 And when the dayes of their banquetting were gone about, Iob sent and sanctified them, and gat vp early and offered for euery one a burnt offring: For Iob saide, It may be that my sonnes haue done some offence, & haue ben vnthankfull to God in their heartes. Thus did Iob euery day.
• Luke 15:13 : 13 And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng.
• 2 Chr 6:16 : 16 And nowe Lorde God of Israel, kepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him, saying, Thou shalt in my sight not be without a man that shall sit vpon the seate of Israel, so that thy children take heede to their wayes to walke in my lawe, as thou hast walked before me.