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Psalms 86:11

86:10 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.

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Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name.

86:12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

What does Psalms 86:11 mean?

Psalms 86:11 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָרָה (yârâh), דֶּרֶךְ (derek), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh).

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Teachיָרָהyârâh/yaw-raw'/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 aiming the finger), to teach
me
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way,דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
O
LORD;יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
I
will
walkהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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truth:אֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/H571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
uniteיָחַדyâchad/yaw-khad'/H3161to be (or become) one
my
heartלֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);
to
fearיָרֵאyârêʼ/yaw-ray'/H3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
thy
name.שֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 86:11.

2 Chronicles 15:3

Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

Exodus 13:21

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 24:27

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Genesis 24:40

And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:

Genesis 24:42

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

Genesis 24:48

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

Genesis 28:20

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

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What does Psalms 86:11 say?

Psalms 86:11 (King James Version) reads: "Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name."

Is Psalms 86:11 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 86:11 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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