Psalms

Psalm 119:166–168

¹⁶⁶I wait for Your salvation, O LORD,

and I carry out Your commandments.

¹⁶⁷I obey Your testimonies

and love them greatly.

¹⁶⁸I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies,

for all my ways are before You.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I wait	שִׂבַּ֣רְתִּי	śib·bar·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H7663 inspect, examine
for Your salvation	לִֽישׁוּעָתְךָ֣	lî·šū·‘ā·ṯə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H3444 salvation
O LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and I carry out	עָשִֽׂיתִי׃	‘ā·śî·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H6213 do, make
Your commandments	וּֽמִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ	ū·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4687 commandment

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	נַ֭פְשִׁי	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
obey	שָֽׁמְרָ֣ה	šā·mə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
Your testimonies	עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ	‘ê·ḏō·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5713 testimony, witness
and love them	וָאֹהֲבֵ֥ם	wā·’ō·hă·ḇêm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H157 love
greatly	מְאֹֽד׃	mə·’ōḏ	Adverb	H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I obey	שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי	šā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
Your precepts	פִ֭קּוּדֶיךָ	p̄iq·qū·ḏe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6490 precept
and Your testimonies	וְעֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ	wə·‘ê·ḏō·ṯe·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H5713 testimony, witness
for	כִּ֖י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
all	כָל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
my ways	דְּרָכַ֣י	də·rā·ḵay	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
are before You	נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃	neḡ·de·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 119:166 Genesis 49:18 · Psalm 119:81 · Psalm 119:174 · 1 John 2:3–4 · John 7:17 · Psalm 50:23 · Psalm 130:5–7 · Psalm 24:3–5 · Psalm 4:5

Psalm 119:167 Hebrews 10:16 · Romans 7:22 · Psalm 40:8 · John 14:21–24 · John 15:9–10 · Psalm 119:97 · Psalm 119:111 · Psalm 119:159

Psalm 119:168 Proverbs 5:21 · Psalm 139:3 · Psalm 44:20–21 · Job 34:21 · Jeremiah 23:24 · Revelation 2:23 · Psalm 98:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.