Psalm 119:161
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
פָּחַד
pâchad
to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →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
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desola...
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop...
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
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