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Your statutesאֶת חֻקֶּיךָI will keep;אֶשְׁמֹרdo notאַלabandon meתַּעַזְבֵנִיutterly.עַד מְאֹד
Psalms 119:8
Study it in the app“Your statutes I will keep; do not abandon me utterly.”
Happy are those who walk in YHWH's instruction; the psalmist asks to keep his statutesObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 119:8, word by word
- Your statutesחֻקֶּיchuke
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chuke” appears- I will keepאֶשְׁמֹרeshmor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “eshmor” appears- abandon meתַּעַזְבֵtaazve
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “taazve” appears- utterlyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears
The context
7I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart when I learn your righteous rules.
8 · This verse (above)
9How will a young man keep pure his path? By keeping it according to your word.