Psalms 86:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

O LORD, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ה֘וֹרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ דַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ אֲהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ יַחֵ֥ד לְ֝בָבִ֗י לְיִרְאָ֥ה שְׁמֶֽךָ

Transliteration

hôrēnî YHWH darkekā ʾăhallēk baʾămittekā yaḥēd lᵉbābî lᵉyirʾâ šᵉmekā

Grammar Details

• *hôrēnî*: imperative verb, hiphil + 1st person singular suffix - teach me
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *darkekā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your way
• *ʾăhallēk*: imperfect verb, 1st person singular, piel - I will walk
• *baʾămittekā*: preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your truth
• *yaḥēd*: imperative verb, piel - unite
• *lᵉbābî*: noun + 1st person singular suffix - my heart
• *lᵉyirʾâ*: preposition + infinitive construct, qal - to fear
• *šᵉmekā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name

Word Meanings

• *hôrēnî*: teach me/instruct me/show me
• *derek*: way/path/road/journey
• *ʾăhallēk*: I will walk/I will go/I will follow
• *ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *yaḥēd*: unite/make one/join together
• *lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner self
• *yirʾâ*: to fear/to revere/to be in awe of
• *šēm*: name/renown/reputation

Referenced Verses

• Jer 32:38-39 : 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them.
• Job 34:32 : 32 Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’
• Ps 5:8 : 8 LORD, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!
• Ps 26:3 : 3 For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.
• 1 Cor 6:17 : 17 But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.
• 1 Cor 10:21 : 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
• Col 3:22-23 : 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. 23 Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,
• 2 John 1:4 : 4 I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
• 3 John 1:3-4 : 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.
• Eph 4:21 : 21 if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.
• Col 3:17 : 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
• Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me how you want me to live, LORD; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me!
• Ps 119:30 : 30 I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations.
• Ps 119:33 : 33 ה(He) Teach me, O LORD, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually.
• Ps 119:73 : 73 י(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ps 25:12 : 12 The LORD shows his faithful followers the way they should live.
• 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.
• Hos 14:8 : 8 O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!
• Zeph 1:5 : 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,’
• Mal 2:6 : 6 He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.
• Matt 6:22-24 : 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! 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.
• John 6:45-46 : 45 It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me. 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)
• John 17:20-21 : 20 Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere“I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony, 21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
• Acts 2:46 : 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,
• 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.