161
Princesשָׂרִיםhave pursued meרְדָפוּנִיwithout cause,חִנָּםbut of your wordsוּמִדְּבָרְךָmy heartלִבִּיstands in dread.פָּחַד
Psalms 119:161
Study it in the app“Princes have pursued me without cause, but of your words my heart stands in dread.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:161, word by word
- Princesשָׂרִיםsarim
nobleman
Someone of high rank by family or office: a noble, a great lord.
Where else “sarim” appears- have pursued meרְדָפוּredafu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “redafu” appears- without causeחִנָּםchinam
without cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appears- but of your wordsדְּבָרְdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- stands in dreadפָּחַדpachad
tremble in reverence
To tremble in reverence before YHWH and his words.
Where else “pachad” appears
The context
160The sum of your word is truth, and forever is every rule of your righteousness.
161 · This verse (above)
162I rejoice over your saying like one who finds great spoil.