Psalm 119:112
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָטָה
nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
נֶצַח
netsach
properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objective...
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
Key Terms in This Verse
נָטָה nâṭâh
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
Study H5186 →נֶצַח netsach
properly, a goal, i.e. the bright object at adistance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continu...
Study H5331 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and ...
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