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Happy areאַשְׁרֵיthose blamelessתְמִימֵיin their way,דָרֶךְwho walkהַהֹלְכִיםin the instructionבְּתוֹרַתof YHWH.יְהוָה
Psalms 119:1
Study it in the app“Happy are those blameless in their way, who walk in the instruction of YHWH.”
Happy are those who walk in YHWH's instruction; the psalmist asks to keep his statutesObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:1, word by word
- Happy areאַשְׁרֵיashre
happy, blessed
Happy, blessed: an exclamation for the good that someone has.
Where else “ashre” appears- those blamelessתְמִימֵיtemime
blameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “temime” appears- in their wayדָרֶךְdarech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appears- who walkהֹלְכִיםholchim
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holchim” appears- in the instructionתוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Translation note
This psalm is an acrostic of 22 stanzas, one for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in each stanza the eight verses begin in Hebrew with the same letter (1-8 with alef, 9-16 with bet, and so on to tau). Almost every verse names the word of YHWH with one of these terms, which are always translated the same way: instruction, testimonies, precepts, statutes, commandments, rules, word and saying.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Happy are those who guard his testimonies, who with all their heart seek him.