Psalms 119:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Beth.' With what doth a young man purify his path? To observe -- according to Thy word.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּמֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה־נַּ֭עַר אֶת־אָרְח֑וֹ לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

In-meh yəzakkeh-naʿar ʾet-ʾorḥô to-šəmōr according-to-diḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

• In-*meh*: preposition *bə* + interrogative - in what/whereby
• *yəzakkeh*: Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he cleanses/purifies
• *naʿar*: masculine singular noun - young man/youth
• *ʾet*-*ʾorḥô*: direct object marker + masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way
• to-*šəmōr*: preposition *lə* + Qal infinitive construct - to keep
• according-to-*diḇāreḵā*: preposition *kə* + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - according to your word

Word Meanings

• *meh*: what/how/whereby
• *yəzakkeh*: cleanse/purify/keep clean
• *naʿar*: young man/youth/boy/servant
• *ʾorḥô*: his way/path/journey/conduct
• *šəmōr*: keep/guard/observe/protect
• *diḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:21-25 : 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls; 22 and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves, 23 because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror, 24 for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was; 25 and he who did look into the perfect law -- that of liberty, and did continue there, this one -- not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work -- this one shall be happy in his doing.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;
• Josh 1:7 : 7 `Only, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every `place' whither thou goest;
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Sins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.
• 2 Tim 3:15-17 : 15 and because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are able to make thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that `is' in Christ Jesus; 16 every Writing `is' God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that `is' in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been completed.
• Titus 2:4-6 : 4 that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of `their' husbands, lovers of `their' children, 5 sober, pure, keepers of `their own' houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. 6 The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;
• Eccl 11:9-12:1 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment. 10 And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age `are' vanity! 1 Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.'
• John 15:3 : 3 already ye are clean, because of the word that I have spoken to you;
• Job 13:26 : 26 For Thou writest against me bitter things, And causest me to possess iniquities of my youth:
• Ps 119:11 : 11 In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.
• Ps 119:97-99 : 97 `Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation. 98 Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it `is' before me to the age. 99 Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies `are' my meditation. 100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. 101 From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. 102 From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou -- Thou hast directed me. 103 How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. 104 From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! 105 `Nun.' A lamp to my foot `is' Thy word, And a light to my path.
• Prov 1:4 : 4 For giving to simple ones -- prudence, To a youth -- knowledge and discretion.
• Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.
• Prov 4:1 : 1 Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.
• Prov 4:10-17 : 10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, And years of life `are' multiplied to thee. 11 In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness. 12 In thy walking thy step is not straitened, And if thou runnest, thou stumblest not. 13 Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she `is' thy life. 14 Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers. 15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on. 16 For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble. 17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
• Prov 5:7-9 : 7 And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth. 8 Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house, 9 Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce, 10 Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger, 11 And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food, 12 And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised, 13 And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear. 14 As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be scattered abroad, In broad places rivulets of waters. 17 Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth, 19 A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually. 20 And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman? 21 For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering. 22 His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden. 23 He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
• Prov 6:20-35 : 20 Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. 21 Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck. 22 In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked -- it talketh `with' thee. 23 For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light, And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction, 24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids. 26 For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. 27 Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? 28 Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? 29 So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent. 30 They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, 31 And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. 32 He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. 33 A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away, 34 For jealousy `is' the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. 35 He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
• Prov 7:7 : 7 And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
• Ps 1:1-3 : 1 O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; 2 But -- in the law of Jehovah `is' his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night: 3 And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.
• Ps 19:7-9 : 7 The law of Jehovah `is' perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah `are' stedfast, Making wise the simple, 8 The precepts of Jehovah `are' upright, Rejoicing the heart, The command of Jehovah `is' pure, enlightening the eyes, 9 The fear of Jehovah `is' clean, standing to the age, The judgments of Jehovah `are' true, They have been righteous -- together. 10 They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb. 11 Also -- Thy servant is warned by them, `In keeping them `is' a great reward.'
• Ps 78:4-8 : 4 We do not hide from their sons, To a later generation recounting praises of Jehovah, And His strength, and His wonders that He hath done. 5 And He raiseth up a testimony in Jacob, And a law hath placed in Israel, That He commanded our fathers, To make them known to their sons. 6 So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons, 7 And place in God their confidence, And forget not the doings of God, But keep His commands. 8 And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God `is' its spirit.
• Deut 6:6-9 : 6 and these words which I am commanding thee to-day have been on thine heart, 7 and thou hast repeated them to thy sons, and spoken of them in thy sitting in thine house, and in thy walking in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up, 8 and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes, 9 and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
• Deut 17:18 : 18 `And it hath been, when he sitteth on the throne of his kingdom, that he hath written for himself the copy of this law, on a book, from `that' before the priests the Levites,
• Job 1:5 : 5 and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.
• Luke 15:13 : 13 `And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;
• 2 Chr 6:16 : 16 `And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.