Psalms 119:34

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲ֭בִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָ֥ה תֽוֹרָתֶ֗ךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה בְכָל־לֵֽב׃

Transliteration

hăḇînēnî and-ʾeṣṣərâ tôrāteḵā and-ʾešmərennâ with-all-lēḇ

Grammar Details

• *hăḇînēnî*: Hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - make me understand
• and-*ʾeṣṣərâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will observe
• *tôrāteḵā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
• and-*ʾešmərennâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and I will keep it
• with-all-*lēḇ*: preposition *bə* + noun *kol* + masculine singular noun - with all heart

Word Meanings

• *hăḇînēnî*: make me understand/give me insight/teach me
• *ʾeṣṣərâ*: I will observe/keep/watch/guard
• *tôrāteḵā*: your law/instruction/teaching/direction
• *ʾešmərennâ*: I will keep it/guard it/observe it
• *lēḇ*: heart/mind/inner self

Referenced Verses

• Matt 7:24 : 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
• Jas 1:5 : 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
• Ps 119:69 : 69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
• Ps 119:73 : 73 י(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.
• Prov 2:5-6 : 5 then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God. 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
• Matt 5:19 : 19 So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Job 28:28 : 28 And he said to mankind,‘The fear of the LORD– that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
• Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
• Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
• Ps 119:58 : 58 I seek your favor with all my heart. Have mercy on me as you promised!
• Jas 1:25 : 25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.
• Jas 2:8-9 : 8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. 10 For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law. 12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.
• Jas 3:13-18 : 13 True Wisdom Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
• Jas 4:11 : 11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.
• John 7:17 : 17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
• Deut 4:6 : 6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say,“Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.”