Psalms 19:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תּ֘וֹרַ֤ת יְהוָ֣ה תְּ֭מִימָה מְשִׁ֣יבַת נָ֑פֶשׁ עֵד֥וּת יְהוָ֥ה נֶ֝אֱמָנָ֗ה מַחְכִּ֥ימַת פֶּֽתִי׃

Transliteration

tôrat YHWH təmîmāh məšîḇat nāpeš ʿēdût YHWH neʾĕmānāh maḥkîmat petî

Grammar Details

• *tôrat*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - law/instruction of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *təmîmāh*: adjective, feminine, singular - perfect/complete
• *məšîḇat*: verb, hiphil participle, feminine, singular, construct - restoring
• *nāpeš*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - soul/life
• *ʿēdût*: noun, feminine, singular, construct - testimony of
• *neʾĕmānāh*: verb, niphal participle, feminine, singular - sure/faithful/reliable
• *maḥkîmat*: verb, hiphil participle, feminine, singular, construct - making wise
• *petî*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - simple/naive

Word Meanings

• *tôrat*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
• *YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh (divine name)
• *təmîmāh*: perfect/complete/whole/sound/unblemished
• *məšîḇat*: restoring/refreshing/reviving
• *nāpeš*: soul/life/person/self/mind
• *ʿēdût*: testimony/witness/evidence
• *neʾĕmānāh*: trustworthy/faithful/reliable/sure
• *maḥkîmat*: making wise/imparting wisdom to
• *petî*: simple/naive/inexperienced person

Referenced Verses

• Ps 12:6 : 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
• Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
• Ps 119:80 : 80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
• Ps 119:14 : 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
• Prov 30:5 : 5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
• Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
• Rom 7:12-14 : 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
• Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
• Gal 2:19 : 19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
• Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
• Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
• Isa 64:5 : 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
• Rom 2:17-20 : 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
• Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
• Ps 119:143 : 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
• Ps 119:171 : 171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
• Prov 2:6 : 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
• Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
• Ps 119:24 : 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
• Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
• Ps 119:54 : 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
• Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
• Ps 119:98-99 : 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
• Ps 119:121 : 121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
• Ps 13:3 : 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
• Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight{H8804)} to do{H8800)} thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
• Ps 105:45 : 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 119:12 : 12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
• Gen 26:5 : 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
• Exod 18:16 : 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
• Deut 4:5-6 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 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 12:11-12 : 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
• Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
• Deut 16:14 : 14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
• Neh 8:12 : 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.