Psalms 119:10

Geneva Bible (1560)

With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכָל־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל־תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

With-all-libbî dəraštiḵā not-tašgēnî from-miṣwōtêḵā

Grammar Details

• With-all-*libbî*: preposition *bə* + noun *kol* + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - with all my heart
• *dəraštiḵā*: Qal perfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have sought you
• not-*tašgēnî*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - do not let me wander
• from-*miṣwōtêḵā*: preposition *min* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your commandments

Word Meanings

• *libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self
• *dəraštiḵā*: I have sought you/searched for you/inquired of you
• *tašgēnî*: let me wander/err/go astray
• *miṣwōtêḵā*: your commandments/precepts/orders

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 And all Iudah reioyced at the othe: for they had sworne vnto the Lorde with all their heart, and sought him with a whole desire, and he was founde of them; the Lorde gaue them rest rounde about.
• Ps 119:118 : 118 Thou hast troden downe all them that depart from thy statutes: for their deceit is vaine.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 Then Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye be come againe vnto the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, and Ashtaroth, & direct your hearts vnto the Lord, & serue him only, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of ye Philistims.
• Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steppes in thy worde, and let none iniquitie haue dominion ouer me.
• Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
• Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast destroied the proud: cursed are they that doe erre from thy commandements.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
• Ps 119:58 : 58 I made my supplication in thy presence with my whole heart: be mercifull vnto me according to thy promes.
• Ps 23:3 : 3 He restoreth my soule, and leadeth me in the paths of righteousnesse for his Names sake.
• Matt 6:24 : 24 No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.
• Col 3:22 : 22 Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 And there shalbe a path and a way, and the way shalbe called holy: the polluted shall not passe by it: for he shalbe with them, and walke in the way, and the fooles shall not erre.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 Neuerthelesse for all this, her rebellious sister Iudah hath not returned vnto mee with her whole heart, but fainedly, sayth the Lord.
• Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheepe wandred through all the mountaines, and vpon euery hie hill: yea, my flocke was scattered through al the earth, and none did seeke or search after them.
• Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is deuided: nowe shall they be founde faultie: he shall breake downe their altars: he shall destroy their images.
• Zeph 1:5-6 : 5 And them that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house tops, and them that worship and sweare by the Lord, and sweare by Malcham, 6 And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lorde, nor inquired for him.
• Ps 78:37 : 37 For their heart was not vpright with him: neither were they faithfull in his couenant.
• Ps 119:69 : 69 The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
• Ps 119:176 : 176 I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commaundements.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 But these that turne aside by their crooked wayes, them shal the Lord leade with the workers of iniquitie: but peace shalbe vpon Israel.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Let me heare thy louing kindenes in the morning, for in thee is my trust: shewe mee the way, that I should walke in, for I lift vp my soule vnto thee. 9 Deliuer me, O Lorde, from mine enemies: for I hid me with thee. 10 Teach me to doe thy will, for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit leade me vnto the land of righteousnes.
• Prov 2:13 : 13 And from them that leaue the wayes of righteousnes to walke in the wayes of darkenes:
• Prov 21:16 : 16 A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
• 1 John 2:15 : 15 Loue not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man loue this world, the loue of the Father is not in him.
• 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 Which forsaking the right way, haue gone astray, folowing the way of Balaam, the sonne of Bosor, which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes. 16 But he was rebuked for his iniquitie: for the dumme beast speaking with mans voyce, forbade the foolishnesse of the Prophet. 17 These are welles without water, and cloudes caried about with a tempest, to whome the blacke darkenes is reserued for euer. 18 For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie, they beguile with wantonnesse through the lusts of the flesh them that were cleane escaped from them which are wrapped in errour, 19 Promising vnto them libertie, & are themselues the seruants of corruption: for of whomsoeuer a man is ouercome, euen vnto the same is he in bondage. 20 For if they, after they haue escaped from the filthinesse of the world, through the acknowledging of the Lorde, and of the Sauiour Iesus Christ, are yet tangled againe therein, and ouercome, the latter ende is worse with them then the beginning. 21 For it had bene better for them, not to haue acknowledged the way of righteousnes, then after they haue acknowledged it, to turne from the holy commaundement giuen vnto them. 22 But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.