Psalm 119:16
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָפֵץ
châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
חֹק
chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
שָׁכַח
shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
חָפֵץ châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Study H2654 →שָׁכַח shâkach
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
Study H7911 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →חֹק chôq
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
Study H2706 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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