Psalms 119:37

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַעֲבֵ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי מֵרְא֣וֹת שָׁ֑וְא בִּדְרָכֶ֥ךָ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

haʿăḇēr ʿênay from-rǝʾôṯ šāwǝʾ in-ḏǝrāḵeḵā ḥayyēnî

Grammar Details

*haʿăḇēr*: hiphil imperative masculine singular - cause to pass/turn away
*ʿênay*: feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
*mērǝʾôṯ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from seeing
*šāwǝʾ*: masculine singular noun - emptiness/vanity/falsehood
*ḏǝrāḵeḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your way
*ḥayyēnî*: piel imperative + 1st person singular suffix - give me life/revive me

Word Meanings

*haʿăḇēr*: turn away/remove/avert
*šāwǝʾ*: emptiness/vanity/falsehood/worthlessness
*ḥayyēnî*: give me life/preserve me alive/revive me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Num 15:39 : 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Ps 119:25 : 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Prov 4:25 : 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Prov 23:5 : 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
2 Sam 11:2 : 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Josh 7:21 : 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Ps 71:20 : 20 Thou, which hast shewed{H8689)} me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken{H8762)} me again{H8799)}, and shalt bring me up{H8686)} again{H8799)} from the depths of the earth.

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