Psalms 119:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גְּמֹ֖ל עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה דְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

gəmōl upon-ʿaḇdəḵā ʾeḥyeh and-ʾešmərâ dəḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

• *gəmōl*: Qal imperative masculine singular - deal bountifully
• upon-*ʿaḇdəḵā*: preposition *ʿal* + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon your servant
• *ʾeḥyeh*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will live
• and-*ʾešmərâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will keep
• *dəḇāreḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word

Word Meanings

• *gəmōl*: deal bountifully/reward/do good to
• *ʿaḇdəḵā*: your servant/slave/subordinate
• *ʾeḥyeh*: I will live/be alive/continue
• *ʾešmərâ*: I will keep/observe/guard
• *dəḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

Referenced Verses

• Ps 13:6 : 6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
• Ps 116:7 : 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
• Ps 119:65 : 65 ¶ TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
• Ps 119:124 : 124 ¶ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
• Ps 119:132 : 132 ¶ Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
• John 1:16 : 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
• Rom 8:2-4 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
• 2 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound to every good work: 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) 11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 ¶ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• Phil 4:19 : 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
• 1 John 5:3-4 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.