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Psalms 119:36

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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הַטhatspreadנָטָהverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “spread”, a commandH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…לִ֭בִּיlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).עֵדְוֺתֶ֗יךָedeoteykhatestimonyעֵדוּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “testimony”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5715testimonytestimony, witness.וְאַ֣לvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).בָּֽצַעbatsagainבֶּצַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “gain”, the ordinary formH1215plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Young’s Literal Translation

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, And not unto dishonest gain.

World English Bible

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Darby Translation

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κλῖνον τὴν καρδίαν μου εἰς τὰ μαρτύριά σου, καὶ μὴ εἰς πλεονεξίαν.