Psalms 119:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּֽרֶךְ־מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אָר֑וּץ כִּ֖י תַרְחִ֣יב לִבִּֽי׃

Transliteration

dereḵ-miṣwōtêḵā ʾārûṣ because tarḥîḇ libbî

Grammar Details

• *dereḵ*-*miṣwōtêḵā*: masculine singular construct + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - way of your commandments
• *ʾārûṣ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will run
• because *tarḥîḇ*: conjunction *kî* + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - because you will enlarge
• *libbî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my heart

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/path/journey/manner
• *miṣwōtêḵā*: your commandments/precepts/orders
• *ʾārûṣ*: I will run/rush/hurry
• *tarḥîḇ*: you will enlarge/widen/broaden/open
• *libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 4:29 : 29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
• John 8:32 : 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
• John 8:36 : 36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
• 1 Cor 9:24-26 : 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
• 2 Cor 3:17 : 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
• 2 Cor 6:11 : 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
• Isa 60:5 : 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
• Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
• Luke 1:74-75 : 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
• Heb 12:1 : 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
• 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
• Job 36:15-16 : 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
• Ps 18:36 : 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
• Ps 119:45 : 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
• Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
• Isa 40:31 : 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.