Psalms 119:80

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהִֽי־לִבִּ֣י תָמִ֣ים בְּחֻקֶּ֑יךָ לְ֝מַ֗עַן לֹ֣א אֵבֽוֹשׁ׃

Transliteration

Let be yəhî my heart libbî blameless ṯāmîm in your statutes bəḥuqqêḵā; so that ləmaʿan not lōʾ I am put to shame ʾēḇôš.

Grammar Details

*yəhî*: qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let be/may it be
*libbî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*ṯāmîm*: adjective masculine singular - blameless/complete
*bəḥuqqêḵā*: preposition + masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your statutes
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that/in order that
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʾēḇôš*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I am put to shame

Word Meanings

*yəhî*: let be/may be/become
*libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self
*ṯāmîm*: blameless/perfect/complete/sound
*ḥuqqêḵā*: your statutes/your decrees/your prescribed laws
*ləmaʿan*: so that/in order that/for the purpose that
*ʾēḇôš*: I am put to shame/I am disgraced/I am disappointed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 26:16 : 16 This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
2 Chr 12:14 : 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
2 Chr 15:17 : 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Chr 25:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Ps 25:2-3 : 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Ps 25:21 : 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Ps 32:2 : 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Ezek 11:9 : 9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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