Psalms 119:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּחֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע לֹ֖א אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח דְּבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

In-ḥuqqōtêḵā ʾeštaʿăšāʿ not ʾeškaḥ dəḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

In-*ḥuqqōtêḵā*: preposition *bə* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your statutes
*ʾeštaʿăšāʿ*: Hithpael imperfect 1st person singular - I will delight myself
not *ʾeškaḥ*: negative particle + Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will not forget
*dəḇāreḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word

Word Meanings

*ḥuqqōtêḵā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances
*ʾeštaʿăšāʿ*: I will delight myself/take pleasure/find enjoyment
*ʾeškaḥ*: I will forget/ignore/neglect
*dəḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:24 : 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Ps 119:47 : 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Ps 119:70 : 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Ps 119:77 : 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:92-93 : 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Heb 10:16-17 : 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Jas 1:23-24 : 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Ps 119:109 : 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
Ps 119:141 : 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Prov 3:1 : 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 1:2 : 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:14 : 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:45-47
3 verses
82%
45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
46I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Ps 119:6-12
7 verses
81%
6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:14-15
2 verses
81%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Ps 119:93
80%
93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Ps 119:17
78%
17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Ps 119:141
77%
141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:33-35
3 verses
77%
33HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Ps 119:159
75%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:77
75%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:162
75%
162I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Ps 119:174
75%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:97
75%
97MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:153
75%
153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Ps 119:143
75%
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Ps 40:8
75%
8I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:43
75%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Ps 119:54-56
3 verses
74%
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:69
74%
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Ps 119:176
74%
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 119:60-61
2 verses
74%
60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:171-172
2 verses
74%
171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
74%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:106
73%
106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:117
73%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:52
73%
52I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Ps 119:167
73%
167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Ps 119:49
73%
49ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Ps 119:112
73%
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 119:66
73%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Ps 119:40
73%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:129
73%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:139
73%
139My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Ps 119:27
73%
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:109
73%
109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.