Psalms 119:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר אַֽל־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד־מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

ʾet-ḥuqqêḵā ʾešmōr not-taʿazḇēnî until-məʾōd

Grammar Details

*ʾet*-*ḥuqqêḵā*: direct object marker + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your statutes
*ʾešmōr*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will keep
not-*taʿazḇēnî*: negative particle + Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - do not forsake me
until-*məʾōd*: preposition *ʿad* + adverb - to uttermost

Word Meanings

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/decrees/ordinances
*ʾešmōr*: I will keep/observe/guard
*taʿazḇēnî*: forsake me/leave me/abandon me
until-*məʾōd*: utterly/completely/exceedingly

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Ps 38:21-22 : 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far{H8799)} from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Ps 51:11 : 11 Cast me not away{H8686)} from thy presence; and take{H8799)} not thy holy spirit from me.
Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off{H8686)} in the time of old age; forsake{H8799)} me not when my strength faileth{H8800)}.
Ps 71:18 : 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake{H8799)} me not; until I have shewed{H8686)} thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come{H8799)}.
Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:106 : 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:115-117 : 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:16
81%
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:115-117
3 verses
80%
115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
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 119:9-12
4 verses
79%
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 119:33-34
2 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.
Ps 119:4-7
4 verses
78%
4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
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.
Ps 119:87-88
2 verses
78%
87They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 38:21
77%
21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far{H8799)} from me.
Ps 119:101-102
2 verses
77%
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 119:93-94
2 verses
76%
93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:43-44
2 verses
76%
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Ps 119:167-168
2 verses
76%
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 119:145-146
2 verses
76%
145KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
146I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Ps 119:141
76%
141I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Ps 119:80
75%
80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ps 119:158-159
2 verses
75%
158I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
159Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 119:31
75%
31I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Ps 71:9
75%
9Cast me not off{H8686)} in the time of old age; forsake{H8799)} me not when my strength faileth{H8800)}.
Ps 119:66-69
4 verses
75%
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.
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Ps 119:22
74%
22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Deut 8:11
74%
11Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Ps 119:112
74%
112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Ps 18:22
74%
22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Ps 119:176
74%
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Ps 119:106
74%
106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
2 Sam 22:22
74%
22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Ps 119:26
73%
26I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:40
73%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:56
73%
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ps 40:11
73%
11Withhold{H8799)} not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve{H8799)} me.
Ps 119:129
73%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:153
73%
153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.