King James Version
Psalms 119:112 in the King James Version says “I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. to perform: Heb. to do” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. to perform: Heb. to do”
Psalms 119:112 · KJV
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. to perform: Heb. to do
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I have inclined”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
“mine heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“thy statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“alway”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“even unto the end”
H6118a heel, i.e., (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e., compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or re
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