PSA 119

Psalm 119:10

WEB

With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

BSB

With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.

KJV

With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

Matthew Henry

Verse 10

Psalms 119:10

Here is, 1. David's experience of a good work God had wrought in him, which he takes the comfort of and pleads with God: "I have sought thee, sought to thee as my oracle, sought after thee as my happiness, sought thee as my God; for should not a people seek unto their God? If I have not yet found thee, I have sought thee, and thou never saidst, Seek in vain, nor wilt say so to me, for I have sought thee with my heart, with my whole heart, sought thee only, sought thee diligently." 2. His prayer for the preservation of that work: "Thou that hast inclined me to seek thy precepts, never suffer me to wander from them." The best are sensible of their aptness to wander; and the more we have found of the pleasure there is in keeping God's commandments the more afraid we shall be of wandering from them and the more earnest we shall be in prayer to God for his grace to prevent our wanderings.

Hebrew interlinear

H3605

כֹּלkôl/kole/

n-m — whole, all, any, every

Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

כֹּל

n.m — the whole

כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all

1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every

2. Absolutely:

a. without the art., all things, all

b. with the art. הַכֹּל

(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned

(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)

H3820

לֵבlêb/labe/

n-m — heart, feelings, will, intellect, centre

Derivation: a form of 3824;

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

KJV: care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.

לֵב

n.m — inner man

לֵב 599 n.m. (f.) inner man, mind, will, heart

I. seldom of things in the midst of the sea

II. elsewhere of men

1. the inner man in contrast with the outer

2. the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will

3. specific reference to mind

4. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will

5. spec. ref. to conscience

6. [various]

7. for the man himself

8. as seat of appetites

9. as seat of emotions and passions

10. seat of courage

לֵב קָמָי

Leb Qamay

לֵב קָמָי prob. late Atbash Je 51:1.

H1875

דָּרַשׁdârash/daw-rash'/

v — tread, frequent, follow, seek, ask, worship

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

KJV: ask, × at all, care for, × diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-) mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), × surely.

דָּרַשׁ

vb — resort to

דָּרַשׁ 162 vb. resort to, seek

Qal

1. (tread a place,) resort to, frequent

2. seek, consult, inquire of

3. seek deity in prayer and worship

4.

a. seek, with idea of demanding, require

b. inquire, investigate (a matter)

5. ask for, require, demand

6. seek with application, study, follow, practise

7. seek with care, care for

Niph.

1. let oneself be inquired of, consulted, only of God

2. be sought out

3. be required, of blood

H408

אַלʼal/al/

adv — not, nothing

Derivation: a negative particle (akin to 3808);

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

KJV: nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

אַל

adv. of negation — not

אַל adv. of negation, denying however, not objectively as a fact, but subjectively as a wish, expressing therefore a deprecation or prohibition

H7686

שָׁגָהshâgâh/shaw-gaw'/

v — stray, mislead, mistake, transgress, to reel, be enraptured

Derivation: a primitive root;

to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be enraptured

KJV: (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished, sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander.

שָׁגָה

vb — go astray

[שָׁגָה] vb. go astray, err

Qal

1. err, stray, of flock

2. swerve, meander, reel or roll

3. go astray

4. specif. commit sin of ignorance, inadvertence

Hiph. lead astray

1. lit.

2. mentally = mislead

3. morally

H4687

מִצְוָהmitsvâh/mits-vaw'/

n-f — command, Law

Derivation: from 6680;

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

KJV: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

מִצְוָה

n.f — commandment

מִצְוָה 181 n.f. commandment

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