Psalms 51:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O Lord, open{H8799)} thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth{H8686)} thy praise.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲלַמְּדָ֣ה פֹשְׁעִ֣ים דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ וְ֝חַטָּאִ֗ים אֵלֶ֥יךָ יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃

Transliteration

ʾălammədâ pōšəʿîm dərākêkā and-ḥaṭṭāʾîm to-you yāšûbû

Grammar Details

*ʾălammədâ*: Piel cohortative 1st person singular - let me teach
*pōšəʿîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - transgressors
*dərākêkā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: masculine plural noun - sinners
*yāšûbû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will return

Word Meanings

*ʾălammədâ*: let me teach/I will teach/may I instruct
*pōšəʿîm*: transgressors/rebels/criminals
*dərākêkā*: your ways/paths/journeys
*ḥaṭṭāʾîm*: sinners/offenders/those who miss the mark
*yāšûbû*: they will return/turn back/repent

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise{H8762)} thee. 4 Thus will I bless{H8762)} thee while I live: I will lift up{H8799)} my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied{H8799)} as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise{H8762)} thee with joyful lips:
Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Ezek 3:27 : 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek 29:21 : 21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Gen 44:16 : 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
Exod 4:11 : 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
Ps 9:14 : 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Heb 13:15 : 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Matt 22:12 : 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Mark 7:34 : 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

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