Psalm 119:125
New International Version
I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.

New Living Translation
Give discernment to me, your servant; then I will understand your laws.

English Standard Version
I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!

Berean Standard Bible
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

King James Bible
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

New King James Version
I am Your servant; Give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.

New American Standard Bible
I am Your servant; give me understanding, So that I may know Your testimonies.

NASB 1995
I am Your servant; give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.

NASB 1977
I am Thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know Thy testimonies.

Legacy Standard Bible
I am Your slave; give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.

Amplified Bible
I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart] That I may know Your testimonies.

Christian Standard Bible
I am your servant; give me understanding so that I may know your decrees.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am Your servant; give me understanding so that I may know Your decrees.

American Standard Version
I am thy servant; give me understanding, That I may know thy testimonies.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I am your Servant; give me understanding and I shall know your testimonies.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I am thy servant; instruct me, and I shall know thy testimonies.

Contemporary English Version
I serve you, so let me understand your teachings.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.

English Revised Version
I am thy servant, give me understanding; that I may know thy testimonies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I am your servant. Help me understand so that I may come to know your written instructions.

Good News Translation
I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I may know your teachings.

International Standard Version
Since I am your servant, give me understanding, so I will know your decrees.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I am Thy servant, give me understanding, That I may know Thy testimonies.

Literal Standard Version
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, | And I know Your testimonies.

Majority Standard Bible
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.

New American Bible
I am your servant; give me discernment that I may know your testimonies.

NET Bible
I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules.

New Revised Standard Version
I am your servant; give me understanding, so that I may know your decrees.

New Heart English Bible
I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

Webster's Bible Translation
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

World English Bible
I am your servant. Give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy servant am I -- cause me to understand, And I know Thy testimonies.

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Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes. 125I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies. 126It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law.…

Cross References
Psalm 116:16
Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.

Psalm 119:27
Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.

Psalm 119:152
Long ago I learned from Your testimonies that You have established them forever.


Treasury of Scripture

I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.

I am thy

Psalm 119:94
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Psalm 86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

give

Psalm 119:34,66
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart…

2 Chronicles 1:7-10
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee…

2 Corinthians 3:5,6
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; …

that I

Psalm 119:11,18,19,29
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee…

Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














Verse 125. - I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. As thy servant (see vers. 17, 23, 38, 49, 65, etc.), I have a claim upon thee for thy help. What I ask is discernment - to understand the full meaning of thy Law (comp. vers. 34, 66, 73, 1440.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I
אָ֥נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

am Your servant;
עַבְדְּךָ־ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā-)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

give me understanding
הֲבִינֵ֑נִי (hă·ḇî·nê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

that I may know
וְ֝אֵדְעָ֗ה (wə·’ê·ḏə·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

Your testimonies.
עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (‘ê·ḏō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5713: Testimony, witness


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