Psalms 119:98

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵ֭אֹ֣יְבַי תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִי מִצְוֺתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם הִיא־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

From my enemies mēʾōyəḇay you make me wiser təḥakkəmēnî through your commandments miṣwōṯêḵā; for kî forever ləʿôlām they are hîʾ mine lî.

Grammar Details

*mēʾōyəḇay*: preposition + noun masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - from my enemies
*təḥakkəmēnî*: piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you make me wiser
*miṣwōṯêḵā*: feminine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandments
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ləʿôlām*: preposition + noun masculine singular - forever
*hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - it/she
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me/mine

Word Meanings

*mēʾōyəḇay*: from my enemies/from my foes/than my adversaries
*təḥakkəmēnî*: you make me wiser/you give me more wisdom/you make me more skilled
*miṣwōṯêḵā*: your commandments/your orders/your instructions
*ləʿôlām*: forever/eternally/always
*hîʾ-lî*: they are mine/they belong to me/they are with me

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:6 : 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Deut 4:8 : 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
1 Sam 18:5 : 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1 Sam 18:14 : 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
1 Sam 18:30 : 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:30 : 30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
Ps 119:104-105 : 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Prov 2:6 : 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Jas 1:25 : 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 119:99-100
2 verses
81%
99I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Ps 119:93-97
5 verses
74%
93I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
96I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
97MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:66
74%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Ps 119:142-144
3 verses
73%
142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Ps 119:127-129
3 verses
73%
127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:157
73%
157Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Ps 119:168
72%
168I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
Ps 119:72-73
2 verses
72%
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Ps 119:10-12
3 verses
72%
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 119:151-152
2 verses
71%
151Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
152Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
2 Sam 22:41
71%
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
Ps 119:4
71%
4Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Ps 119:171-172
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171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
Ps 18:39-40
2 verses
71%
39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Ps 119:86
71%
86All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Ps 119:47
71%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Ps 119:23-24
2 verses
71%
23Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Ps 119:102-104
3 verses
71%
102I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Ps 119:138
70%
138Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Ps 119:125
70%
125I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Ps 119:34-35
2 verses
70%
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.
Ps 5:8
70%
8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 119:56
70%
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:111
70%
111Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Ps 119:119
69%
119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Ps 119:68
69%
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Ps 27:11
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11Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Ps 9:3
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3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Ps 119:14
69%
14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Ps 38:19
69%
19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong{H8804)}: and they that hate{H8802)} me wrongfully are multiplied{H8804)}.
Ps 119:79
69%
79Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.