Psalm 119, Part 4, Daleth

My psalms were open at this chapter. I had stopped reading yesterday at part 3. This is a nice coincidence given my last post. Read 2 psalms a day. They are like vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. D of course is the letter for this section of the acrostic. Part 4 is framed by cleaved (a first usage frame) and emphasizes the root for way or its verb direct. The first word is, of course, the title of my blog. Notice that Christian (Pilgrim's Progress) does not run randomly, but, directed, the archetype races. For the rest of my translation, please see Seeing the Psalter.

119 - I note the pathway to the extraordinary space

דָּבְקָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשִׁי חַיֵּנִי כִּדְבָרֶךָ	25	Dust-cleaved is my being give me life according to your word
דְּרָכַי סִפַּרְתִּי וַתַּעֲנֵנִי לַמְּדֵנִי חֻקֶּיךָ	26	Declared have I my ways and you answered me teach me your statutes
דֶּרֶךְ פִּקּוּדֶיךָ הֲבִינֵנִי וְאָשִׂיחָה בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ	27	Direct my discernment in the way of your precepts and I will ponder on your wonderful works
דָּלְפָה נַפְשִׁי מִתּוּגָה קַיְּמֵנִי כִּדְבָרֶךָ	28	Drips my being with sadness raise me according to your word
דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁקֶר הָסֵר מִמֶּנִּי וְתוֹרָתְךָ חָנֵּנִי	29	Deceitful way put aside from me and with your instruction grace me
דֶּרֶךְ אֱמוּנָה בָחָרְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ שִׁוִּיתִי	30	Deliberated have I a way of faith with your judgments I have agreed
דָּבַקְתִּי בְעֵדְו‍ֹתֶיךָ יְהוָה אַל תְּבִישֵׁנִי	31	Determined I cleave to your testimonies יְהוָה do not put me to shame
דֶּרֶךְ מִצְו‍ֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ כִּי תַרְחִיב לִבִּי	32	Directed by your commandments I will race for you enlarge my heart

Hebrew words: 1064. Percentage of Hebrew words that recur in this psalm: 86%. Average keywords per verse: 5.2.

Selected recurring words (25 to 32)

Word and gloss * first usage	1	2	3	4	Vs	Root
* דבקה cleaved	░				25	דבק
נפשׁי my being		░			25	נפשׁ
כדברך according to your word			░		25	דבר
דרכי my ways				░	26	דרך
דרך direct in the way of				░	27	דרך
נפשׁי my being		░			28	נפשׁ
כדברך according to your word			░		28	דבר
דרך way				░	29	דרך
דרך a way of				░	30	דרך
* דבקתי determined I cleave	░				31	דבק
דרך directed by				░	32	דרך

PSALMS 119 - part 4 - Daleth

Last printed on 2013.12.16-10:57
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