Psalms 119:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּכָל־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל־תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי מִמִּצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

With-all-libbî dəraštiḵā not-tašgēnî from-miṣwōtêḵā

Grammar Details

• With-all-*libbî*: preposition *bə* + noun *kol* + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - with all my heart
• *dəraštiḵā*: Qal perfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have sought you
• not-*tašgēnî*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - do not let me wander
• from-*miṣwōtêḵā*: preposition *min* + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your commandments

Word Meanings

• *libbî*: my heart/mind/inner self
• *dəraštiḵā*: I have sought you/searched for you/inquired of you
• *tašgēnî*: let me wander/err/go astray
• *miṣwōtêḵā*: your commandments/precepts/orders

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 15:15 : 15 All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the LORD and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side.
• Ps 119:118 : 118 You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 Samuel said to all the people of Israel,“If you are really turning to the LORD with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the LORD and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
• Ps 119:133 : 133 Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!
• Ps 119:2 : 2 How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart,
• Ps 119:21 : 21 You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
• Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.
• Ps 119:58 : 58 I seek your favor with all my heart. Have mercy on me as you promised!
• Ps 23:3 : 3 He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.
• Matt 6:24 : 24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
• Col 3:22 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
• Isa 35:8 : 8 A thoroughfare will be there– it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it– fools will not stray into it.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the LORD.
• Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
• Hos 10:2 : 2 Their hearts are slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The LORD will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.
• Zeph 1:5-6 : 5 I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the LORD while taking oaths in the name of their‘king,’ 6 and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”
• Ps 78:37 : 37 They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant.
• Ps 119:69 : 69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
• Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you. 9 Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection. 10 Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.
• Prov 2:13 : 13 who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,
• Prov 21:16 : 16 The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
• 1 John 2:15 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
• 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, 16 yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness). 17 These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved. 18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error. 19 Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them. 22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:“A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”