Psalms 143:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְּדֵ֤נִי ׀ לַֽעֲשׂ֣וֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ֮ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֢ה אֱל֫וֹהָ֥י רוּחֲךָ֥ טוֹבָ֑ה תַּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִישֽׁוֹר׃

Transliteration

Lammēḏēnî to la'ăśôṯ rəṣôneḵā, kî-you 'attāh 'ělôhāy; rûḥăḵā ṭôḇāh, tanḥēnî in 'ereṣ mîšôr.

Grammar Details

• *Lammēḏēnî*: piel imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - teach me
• *la'ăśôṯ*: preposition lamed + qal infinitive construct - to do
• *rəṣôneḵā*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your will/pleasure
• *kî-'attāh*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - for you
• *'ělôhāy*: noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my God
• *rûḥăḵā*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your spirit
• *ṭôḇāh*: adjective, feminine, singular - good
• *tanḥēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - she will lead me
• *be'ereṣ*: preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular, construct - in land of
• *mîšôr*: noun, masculine, singular - levelness/straightness

Word Meanings

• *Lammēḏēnî*: teach me/instruct me/train me
• *la'ăśôṯ rəṣôneḵā*: to do your will/to perform your pleasure/to carry out what pleases you
• *'ělôhāy*: my God/my deity
• *rûḥăḵā ṭôḇāh*: your spirit is good/your good spirit
• *tanḥēnî*: may lead me/will guide me/may direct me
• *'ereṣ mîšôr*: land of levelness/level ground/smooth country

Referenced Verses

• Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
• Neh 9:20 : 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
• Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
• 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 23:3 : 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
• Isa 63:14 : 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Eph 4:30 : 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
• Eph 5:9 : 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
• Col 1:9-9 : 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
• Ps 139:24 : 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Ps 140:6 : 6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
• Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
• Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
• Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
• Ps 118:28 : 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
• Ps 119:5-7 : 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
• John 14:26 : 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
• John 16:13-15 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
• Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
• Rom 8:14-16 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
• Rom 8:26 : 26 {G1161} Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
• Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
• 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Ps 22:1 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?