Psalms 119:167

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָֽׁמְרָ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ וָאֹהֲבֵ֥ם מְאֹֽד

Transliteration

Šāmərāh nap̄šî ʿēḏōteḵā wāʾōhăḇēm məʾōḏ

Grammar Details

• *šāmərāh*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she has kept/observed
• *nap̄šî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *ʿēḏōteḵā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies
• *wā-*: conjunction with consecutive vav - and
• *ʾōhăḇēm*: qal imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I love them
• *məʾōḏ*: adverb - exceedingly/greatly

Word Meanings

• *šāmərāh*: has kept/observed/guarded/preserved
• *nap̄šî*: my soul/self/life/person/desire
• *ʿēḏōteḵā*: your testimonies/witnesses/ordinances
• *ʾōhăḇēm*: I love/cherish them
• *məʾōḏ*: exceedingly/greatly/very much

Referenced Verses

• Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
• Heb 10:16 : 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;
• Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Ps 119:6-8 : 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. 8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
• Ps 119:97 : 97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
• Ps 119:111 : 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
• Ps 119:159 : 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
• John 14:21-24 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
• John 15:9-9 : 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.