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In my heartבְּלִבִּיI have treasured upצָפַנְתִּיyour saying,אִמְרָתֶךָso thatלְמַעַןI may notלֹאsinאֶחֱטָאagainst you.לָךְ
Psalms 119:11
Study it in the app“In my heart I have treasured up your saying, so that I may not sin against you.”
A young man asks how to keep his path clean and treasures God's sayingThe Word of GodKeep God's word in your heart so as not to sin against himPurity
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:11, word by word
- In my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- I have treasured upצָפַנְתִּיtsafanti
treasure up
To cherish and keep, like the word in the heart.
Where else “tsafanti” appears- your sayingאִמְרָתֶimrate
word, saying
Saying, spoken word.
Where else “imrate” appears- sinאֶחֱטָאecheta
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “echeta” appears
The context
10With all my heart I have sought you; do not let me stray from your commandments.
11 · This verse (above)
12Blessed are you, YHWH; teach me your statutes.