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From your preceptsמִפִּקּוּדֶיךָI gain understanding;אֶתְבּוֹנָןthereforeעַל כֵּןI hateשָׂנֵאתִיeveryכָּלpathאֹרַחof lying.שָׁקֶר
Psalms 119:104
Study it in the app“From your precepts I gain understanding; therefore I hate every path of lying.”
“How I love your instruction!” His commandments make the psalmist wiseObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:104, word by word
- From your preceptsפִּקּוּדֶיpikude
precepts
Precepts: what God has charged people to keep. It is used only in the plural and almost only in the Psalms.
Where else “pikude” appears- I gain understandingאֶתְבּוֹנָןetbonan
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “etbonan” appears- I hateשָׂנֵאתִיsaneti
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “saneti” appears- pathאֹרַחorach
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “orach” appears- of lyingשָׁקֶרshaker
lie
What is said against the truth in order to deceive, even before a judge.
Where else “shaker” appears
The context
103How sweet is your saying to my palate, more than honey to my mouth!
104 · This verse (above)
105A lamp to my feet is your word, and a light to my pathway.