Psalms 143:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְּדֵ֤נִי ׀ לַֽעֲשׂ֣וֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ֮ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֢ה אֱל֫וֹהָ֥י רוּחֲךָ֥ טוֹבָ֑ה תַּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִישֽׁוֹר׃

Transliteration

Lammēḏēnî to la'ăśôṯ rəṣôneḵā, kî-you 'attāh 'ělôhāy; rûḥăḵā ṭôḇāh, tanḥēnî in 'ereṣ mîšôr.

Grammar Details

• *Lammēḏēnî*: piel imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - teach me
• *la'ăśôṯ*: preposition lamed + qal infinitive construct - to do
• *rəṣôneḵā*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your will/pleasure
• *kî-'attāh*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - for you
• *'ělôhāy*: noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my God
• *rûḥăḵā*: noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your spirit
• *ṭôḇāh*: adjective, feminine, singular - good
• *tanḥēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - she will lead me
• *be'ereṣ*: preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular, construct - in land of
• *mîšôr*: noun, masculine, singular - levelness/straightness

Word Meanings

• *Lammēḏēnî*: teach me/instruct me/train me
• *la'ăśôṯ rəṣôneḵā*: to do your will/to perform your pleasure/to carry out what pleases you
• *'ělôhāy*: my God/my deity
• *rûḥăḵā ṭôḇāh*: your spirit is good/your good spirit
• *tanḥēnî*: may lead me/will guide me/may direct me
• *'ereṣ mîšôr*: land of levelness/level ground/smooth country

Referenced Verses

• Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Make me understand your ways, O LORD! Teach me your paths! 5 Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long.
• Neh 9:20 : 20 You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst.
• Ps 119:12 : 12 You deserve praise, O LORD! Teach me your statutes!
• Heb 13:21 : 21 equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
• Ps 23:3 : 3 He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him.
• Isa 63:14 : 14 Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, so the Spirit of the LORD granted them rest. In this way you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 Many nations will come, saying,“Come on! Let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his ways and we can live by his laws.” For instruction will proceed from Zion, the LORD’s message from Jerusalem.
• Eph 4:30 : 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
• Eph 5:9 : 9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth–
• Col 1:9-9 : 9 Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
• Ps 119:35 : 35 Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.
• Ps 139:24 : 24 See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!
• Ps 140:6 : 6 I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
• Ps 25:8-9 : 8 The LORD is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. 9 May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
• Ps 25:12 : 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
• Ps 31:14 : 14 But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”
• Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
• Ps 118:28 : 28 You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you!
• Ps 119:5-7 : 5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! 6 Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands. 7 I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations.
• John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
• John 16:13-15 : 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
• Rom 5:5 : 5 And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
• Rom 8:14-16 : 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry,“Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.
• Rom 8:26 : 26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.
• Rom 15:13 : 13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Rom 15:30 : 30 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
• Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).
• 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
• 2 Tim 1:7 : 7 For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
• Ps 22:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.