Psa 119:13 | KD | STEP | The eightfold Beth . Acting in accordance with the word of God, a young man walks blamelessly; the poet desires this, and supplicates God’s gracious assistance in order to it. To purify or cleanse one’s way or walk (זכּה, cf. ; ) signifies to maintain it pure (זך, root זך, Arab. zk , to prick, to strike the eye, nitere ; vid., Fleischer in Levy’s Chaldäisches Wörterbuch , i. 424) from the spotting of sin, or to free it from it. is the answer to the question in ; לשׁמר signifies custodiendo semetipsum , for שׁמר can also signify “to be on one’s guard” without נפשׁו ( ). The old classic (e.g., ) אמרתך alternates throughout with דּברך; both are intended collectively. One is said to hide (צפן) the word in one’s heart when one has it continually present with him, not merely as an outward precept, but as an inward motive power in opposition to selfish action ( ). In the poet makes his way through adoration to petition. ספּרתּי in does not mean enumeration, but recounting, as in Deu 6:7. עדות is the plural to עדוּת; עדות, on the contrary, in is the plural to עדה: both are used of God’s attestation of Himself and of His will in the word of revelation. כּעל signifies, according to , “as over” (short for כּאשׁר על), not: as it were more than (Olshausen); the כּ would only be troublesome in connection with this interpretation. With reference to הון, which has occurred already in ; (from הון, Arab. hawn , to be light, levem ), aisance , ease, opulence, and concrete, goods, property, vid., Fleischer in Levy’s Chald. Wórterb . i. 423f. ארחתיך, , are the paths traced out in the word of God; these he will studiously keep in his eye.

‏ Psalms 119:13

The eightfold Beth. Acting in accordance with the word of God, a young man walks blamelessly; the poet desires this, and supplicates God’s gracious assistance in order to it. To purify or cleanse one’s way or walk (זכּה, cf. Psa 73:13; Pro 20:9) signifies to maintain it pure (זך, root זך, Arab. zk, to prick, to strike the eye, nitere; ^{▼▼The word receives the meaning of νικᾶν (vid., supra, p. 367), like Arab. ḏhr and bhr, from the signification of outshining = overpowering.} vid., Fleischer in Levy’s Chaldäisches Wörterbuch, i. 424) from the spotting of sin, or to free it from it. Psa 119:9 is the answer to the question in Psa 119:9; לשׁמר signifies custodiendo semetipsum, for שׁמר can also signify “to be on one’s guard” without נפשׁו (Jos 6:18). The old classic (e.g., Psa 18:31) אמרתך alternates throughout with דּברך; both are intended collectively. One is said to hide (צפן) the word in one’s heart when one has it continually present with him, not merely as an outward precept, but as an inward motive power in opposition to selfish action (Job 23:12). In Psa 119:12 the poet makes his way through adoration to petition. ספּרתּי in Psa 119:13 does not mean enumeration, but recounting, as in Deu 6:7. עדות is the plural to עדוּת; עדות, on the contrary, in Psa 119:138 is the plural to עדה: both are used of God’s attestation of Himself and of His will in the word of revelation. כּעל signifies, according to Psa 119:162, “as over” (short for כּאשׁר על), not: as it were more than (Olshausen); the כּ would only be troublesome in connection with this interpretation. With reference to הון, which has occurred already in Psa 44:13; Psa 112:3 (from הון, Arab. hawn, to be light, levem), aisance, ease, opulence, and concrete, goods, property, vid., Fleischer in Levy’s Chald. Wórterb. i. 423f. ארחתיך, Psa 119:15, are the paths traced out in the word of God; these he will studiously keep in his eye.