Psalm 37:23
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way."
Word-by-Word Analysis
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חָפֵץ
châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →חָפֵץ châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Study H2654 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I deligh...
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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