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With allבְּכָלmy heartלִבִּיI have sought you;דְרַשְׁתִּיךָdo notאַלlet me strayתַּשְׁגֵּנִיfrom your commandments.מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ
Psalms 119:10
Study it in the app“With all my heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commandments.”
A young man asks how to keep his path clean and treasures God's sayingThe Word of God
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:10, word by word
- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- I have sought youדְרַשְׁתִּיderashti
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derashti” appears- let me strayתַּשְׁגֵּtashge
lead astray
To lead another astray.
Where else “tashge” appears- from your commandmentsמִּצְוֺתֶיmitsvote
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appears
The context
9How will a young man keep pure his path? By keeping it according to your word.
10 · This verse (above)
11In my heart I have treasured up your saying, so that I may not sin against you.