Psalms 119:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּדֶ֖רֶךְ עֵדְוֺתֶ֥יךָ שַּׂ֗[t]‬שְׂתִּי כְּעַ֣ל כָּל־הֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

In-dereḵ ʿēdəwōtêḵā śaśtî as-over all-hôn

Grammar Details

• In-*dereḵ*: preposition *bə* + masculine singular construct - in way of
• *ʿēdəwōtêḵā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your testimonies
• *śaśtî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I have rejoiced
• as-over all-*hôn*: preposition *kə* + preposition *ʿal* + noun *kol* + masculine singular noun - as over all wealth

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/path/journey/manner
• *ʿēdəwōtêḵā*: your testimonies/witnesses/decrees
• *śaśtî*: I have rejoiced/been glad/delighted
• *hôn*: wealth/riches/substance

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:162 : 162 I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder.
• Jer 15:16 : 16 As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you, O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
• Ps 119:111 : 111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.
• Ps 119:127 : 127 For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold.
• Matt 13:44 : 44 Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
• Job 23:12 : 12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
• Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The commands to fear the LORD are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the LORD are trustworthy and absolutely just. 10 They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.
• Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
• Ps 119:47 : 47 I will find delight in your commands, which I love.
• Ps 119:72 : 72 The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Ps 119:77 : 77 May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.
• Acts 2:41-47 : 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added. 42 The Fellowship of the Early Believers They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles. 44 All who believed were together and held everything in common, 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need. 46 Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts, 47 praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.