King James Version
Psalms 119:80 in the King James Version says “Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.”
Psalms 119:80 · KJV
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Let my heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“be sound”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“in thy statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that I be not ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
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