King James Version
Psalms 86:11 in the King James Version says “Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 86 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.”
Psalms 86:11 · KJV
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. hell: or, grave
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Teach”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
“me thy way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“I will walk”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“thy name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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