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Howבַּמֶּהwill a young man keep pureיְזַכֶּה נַּעַרhis path?אֶת אָרְחוֹBy keeping itלִשְׁמֹרaccording to your word.כִּדְבָרֶךָ
Psalms 119:9
Study it in the app“How will a young man keep pure his path? By keeping it according to your word.”
A young man asks how to keep his path clean and treasures God's sayingThe Word of GodHow can a young man keep his way clean? By guarding it by God's wordPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:9, word by word
- will a young man keep pureיְזַכֶּהyezake
be pure, be clean
To be pure, clean, clear; figuratively, to be innocent.
Where else “yezake” appears- will a young man keep pureנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- his pathאָרְחarch
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “arch” appears- By keeping itשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- according to your wordדְבָרֶdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears
The context
8Your statutes I will keep; do not abandon me utterly.
9 · This verse (above)
10With all my heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commandments.