Psalms 19:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The law of the LORD is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the LORD are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִקְצֵ֤ה הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ מֽוֹצָא֗וֹ וּתְקוּפָת֥וֹ עַל־קְצוֹתָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ין נִ֝סְתָּ֗ר מֵֽחַמָּתוֹ׃

Transliteration

From-qəṣēh the-šāmayim môṣāʾô and-təqûpātô upon-qəṣôtām and-ʾēyn nistār from-ḥammātô

Grammar Details

• *qəṣēh*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - end of
• *šāmayim*: noun, masculine, plural, absolute with definite article - heavens
• *môṣāʾô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3ms suffix - his going forth/rising
• *təqûpātô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3ms suffix - his circuit/course
• *qəṣôtām*: noun, masculine, plural, construct with 3mp suffix - their ends
• *ʾēyn*: particle of negation - there is not/no
• *nistār*: verb, niphal participle, masculine, singular - hidden/concealed
• *ḥammātô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3ms suffix - his heat

Word Meanings

• *qəṣēh*: end/extremity/edge
• *šāmayim*: heavens/sky
• *môṣāʾô*: his going forth/his rising/his departure point
• *təqûpātô*: his circuit/revolution/course/cycle
• *qəṣôtām*: their ends/their extremities
• *ʾēyn*: there is not/nothing
• *nistār*: hidden/concealed/sheltered
• *ḥammātô*: his heat/his radiance/his warmth

Referenced Verses

• Ps 111:7 : 7 His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable.
• Ps 119:130 : 130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.
• Ps 23:3 : 3 He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.
• Ps 119:105 : 105 נ(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.
• Prov 1:4 : 4 To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.
• Ps 93:5 : 5 The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O LORD, forever.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
• Prov 1:22-23 : 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge? 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you.
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.
• 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 Exhortation to Teach the Covenant Principles These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, 7 and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. 8 You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead. 9 Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates.
• 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 119:111 : 111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy.
• Ps 119:127-128 : 127 For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold. 128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions.
• Ps 119:72 : 72 The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
• Jas 1:21-25 : 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. 23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror. 24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. 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.
• Rom 12:2 : 2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God– what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
• 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
• 1 John 5:9-9 : 9 If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son. 10 (The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.) 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.
• Isa 8:16 : 16 Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.
• Ps 119:96-99 : 96 I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension. 97 מ(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your rules. 100 I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts.
• Ps 119:14 : 14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.
• Ps 119:24 : 24 Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance.
• Ps 18:30 : 30 The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the LORD’s promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.
• Josh 1:8 : 8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.
• Acts 10:43 : 43 About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
• Deut 17:18-20 : 18 When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests. 19 It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the LORD his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out. 20 Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.
• Ps 78:1-7 : 1 A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak! 2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past. 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. 5 He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, 6 so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. 7 Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.
• Ps 119:9 : 9 ב(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions!
• Ps 119:152 : 152 I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last.
• John 5:39 : 39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
• Rev 19:10 : 10 So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said,“Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
• John 3:32-33 : 32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.
• Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. 20 He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the LORD!