Psalms 119:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֭חֲלַי יִכֹּ֥נוּ דְרָכָ֗י לִשְׁמֹ֥ר חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ʾăḥalay yikkōnû dəraḵāy to-šəmōr ḥuqqêḵā

Grammar Details

*ʾăḥalay*: interjection - oh that!/would that!
*yikkōnû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they were established/fixed
*dəraḵāy*: masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my ways
to-*šəmōr*: preposition *lə* + Qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
*ḥuqqêḵā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes

Word Meanings

*ʾăḥalay*: oh that!/would that!/if only!
*yikkōnû*: were established/fixed/directed/prepared
*dəraḵāy*: my ways/paths/journeys/conduct
*šəmōr*: keep/observe/guard/protect
*ḥuqqêḵā*: statutes/decrees/ordinances/prescribed limits

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 51:10 : 10 Create{H8798)} in me a clean heart, O God; and renew{H8761)} a right{H8737)} spirit within me.
2 Thess 3:5 : 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Ps 119:44-45 : 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Ps 119:131 : 131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Ps 119:159 : 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:173 : 173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Jer 31:33 : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Rom 7:22-24 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:8-12
5 verses
79%
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 119:33-37
5 verses
79%
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.
36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Ps 119:167-168
2 verses
78%
167My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:4
78%
4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Ps 17:5
77%
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Ps 119:40
77%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:159
76%
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:59-60
2 verses
76%
59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Ps 119:80
76%
80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ps 119:15-16
2 verses
76%
15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:133
76%
133Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Ps 119:101
76%
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Ps 119:26-27
2 verses
76%
26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:116-117
2 verses
75%
116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:18
75%
18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Ps 119:6
75%
6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Ps 119:45
74%
45And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
Ps 119:54
74%
54Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Ps 81:13
74%
13Oh that my people had hearkened{H8802)} unto me, and Israel had walked{H8762)} in my ways!
Ps 119:20
74%
20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
Ps 119:77
74%
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:2
74%
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:129
73%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:112
73%
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 119:173-174
2 verses
73%
173Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
174I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:66-67
2 verses
73%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Ps 119:56
73%
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:145
73%
145KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
Ps 119:29
73%
29Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Ps 119:143
73%
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Ps 119:131
73%
131I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Ps 119:69
73%
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Deut 5:29
73%
29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Ps 119:135-136
2 verses
72%
135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
136Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.