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As for the deedsלִפְעֻלּוֹתof human beings,אָדָםby the wordבִּדְבַרof your lipsשְׂפָתֶיךָIאֲנִיhave kept myselfשָׁמַרְתִּיfrom the pathsאָרְחוֹתof the violent.פָּרִיץ
Psalms 17:4
Study it in the app“As for the deeds of human beings, by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the paths of the violent.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 17:4, word by word
- As for the deedsפְעֻלּוֹתfeulot
work
What someone does; what YHWH does.
Where else “feulot” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- by the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of your lipsשְׂפָתֶיsefate
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefate” appears- have kept myselfשָׁמַרְתִּיshamarti
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shamarti” appears- from the pathsאָרְחוֹתarchot
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “archot” appears- of the violentפָּרִיץparits
violent one
Violent: one who breaks in by force; a robber or an oppressor.
Where else “parits” appears
The context
3You have tested my heart, you have inspected it by night, you have refined me; you will find nothing; I have resolved: my mouth will not overstep.
4 · This verse (above)
5My steps have held fast to your tracks; my footsteps have not been moved.