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Oh thatאַחֲלַיmy waysדְרָכָיwere firmיִכֹּנוּto keepלִשְׁמֹרyour statutes!חֻקֶּיךָ
Psalms 119:5
Study it in the app“Oh that my ways were firm to keep your statutes!”
Happy are those who walk in YHWH's instruction; the psalmist asks to keep his statutesObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:5, word by word
- Oh thatאַחֲלַיachalay
if only
An exclamation of desire: "if only!", "how I wish that…!" It expresses something the person strongly wishes that has not yet happened. In 2 Kings 5:3 the captive girl says it.
Where else “achalay” appears- my waysדְרָכָderacha
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appears- were firmיִכֹּנוּyikonu
be firm
To be steady, well set, not moving.
Where else “yikonu” appears- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- your statutesחֻקֶּיchuke
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chuke” appears
The context
4You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
5 · This verse (above)
6Then I will not be ashamed when I look to all your commandments.