{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.1", "source": "מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ שְׁמַ֬ע תְּפִלָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה אֶל־תַּחֲנוּנַ֑י בֶּאֱמֻנָתְךָ֥ עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "*Mizmôr* to *Dāwiḏ*. *YHWH* *šəma'* *təp̄illāṯî*, *ha'ăzînāh* to *taḥănûnay*; in *'ĕmūnāṯəḵā* *'ănēnî* in *ṣiḏqāṯeḵā*.", "grammar": { "*Mizmôr*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - psalm/melody", "*leDāwiḏ*": "preposition lamed + proper noun - to/for/by David", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*šəma'*": "imperative, masculine, singular - hear/listen", "*təp̄illāṯî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my prayer", "*ha'ăzînāh*": "hiphil imperative, masculine, singular - give ear/listen attentively", "*'el-taḥănûnay*": "preposition + noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - to my supplications", "*be'ĕmūnāṯəḵā*": "preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your faithfulness", "*'ănēnî*": "imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - answer me", "*beṣiḏqāṯeḵā*": "preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your righteousness" }, "variants": { "*Mizmôr*": "psalm/melody/song", "*leDāwiḏ*": "to/for/by/of David", "*ha'ăzînāh*": "give ear/listen attentively/incline your ear", "*taḥănûnay*": "supplications/pleas for mercy/pleas for favor", "*'ĕmūnāṯəḵā*": "faithfulness/trustworthiness/reliability", "*ṣiḏqāṯeḵā*": "righteousness/justice/rightness" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.2", "source": "וְאַל־תָּב֣וֹא בְ֭מִשְׁפָּט אֶת־עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יִצְדַּ֖ק לְפָנֶ֣יךָ כָל־חָֽי׃", "text": "And *'al*-*tāḇô'* in *mišpāṭ* with *'aḇdeḵā*; *kî* not-*yiṣdaq* before *p̄āneḵā* all-*ḥāy*.", "grammar": { "*we'al*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*tāḇô'*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular, jussive - may you enter/come", "*ḇemišpāṭ*": "preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular - in judgment", "*'eṯ-'aḇdeḵā*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with your servant", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*lō'-yiṣdaq*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will not be justified/righteous", "*lep̄āneḵā*": "preposition lamed + noun, plural, construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before your face", "*kol-ḥāy*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct + adjective, masculine, singular - all living" }, "variants": { "*'al-tāḇô'*": "do not enter/do not come/do not bring", "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/legal case", "*'aḇdeḵā*": "your servant/your slave", "*yiṣdaq*": "be justified/be righteous/be declared right", "*lep̄āneḵā*": "before your face/in your presence/before you", "*kol-ḥāy*": "all living/every living being/anyone alive" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.3", "source": "כִּ֥י רָ֘דַ֤ף אוֹיֵ֨ב ׀ נַפְשִׁ֗י דִּכָּ֣א לָ֭אָרֶץ חַיָּתִ֑י הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃", "text": "*Kî* *rāḏap̄* *'ôyēḇ* *nap̄šî*, *dikkā'* to *lā'āreṣ* *ḥayyāṯî*; *hôšîḇanî* in *maḥăšakkîm* like *mēṯê* *'ôlām*.", "grammar": { "*Kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*rāḏap̄*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has pursued", "*'ôyēḇ*": "noun, masculine, singular - enemy", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life", "*dikkā'*": "piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has crushed", "*lā'āreṣ*": "preposition lamed + article + noun, feminine, singular - to the ground", "*ḥayyāṯî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my life", "*hôšîḇanî*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he has made me dwell", "*ḇemaḥăšakkîm*": "preposition bet + noun, masculine, plural - in dark places", "*kemēṯê*": "preposition kaf + noun, masculine, plural, construct - like dead of", "*'ôlām*": "noun, masculine, singular - forever/ancient time/long ago" }, "variants": { "*rāḏap̄*": "pursued/persecuted/chased", "*'ôyēḇ*": "enemy/foe/adversary", "*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my life/myself", "*dikkā'*": "crushed/broke/smashed", "*ḥayyāṯî*": "my life/my vitality/my living being", "*hôšîḇanî*": "made me dwell/caused me to sit/placed me", "*maḥăšakkîm*": "dark places/darkness/obscurity", "*mēṯê 'ôlām*": "dead of forever/those long dead/ancient dead" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.4", "source": "וַתִּתְעַטֵּ֣ף עָלַ֣י רוּחִ֑י בְּ֝תוֹכִ֗י יִשְׁתּוֹמֵ֥ם לִבִּֽי׃", "text": "And *tit'aṭṭēp̄* upon me *rûḥî*; in *tôḵî* *yištômēm* *libbî*.", "grammar": { "*wattit'aṭṭēp̄*": "conjunction + hithpael imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it is overwhelmed", "*'ālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - upon me", "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit", "*betôḵî*": "preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - within me", "*yištômēm*": "hithpoel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it is appalled/astonished", "*libbî*": "noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart" }, "variants": { "*tit'aṭṭēp̄*": "is overwhelmed/grows faint/faints", "*rûḥî*": "my spirit/my breath/my wind", "*betôḵî*": "within me/inside me/in my midst", "*yištômēm*": "is appalled/is astonished/is desolate/is stunned", "*libbî*": "my heart/my mind/my inner self" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.5", "source": "זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי יָמִ֨ים ׀ מִקֶּ֗דֶם הָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַ׃", "text": "*Zāḵartî* *yāmîm* from *qeḏem*; *hāḡîṯî* in all-*pā'ŏleḵā*; in *ma'ăśēh* *yāḏeḵā* *'ăśôḥēaḥ*.", "grammar": { "*Zāḵartî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I remember", "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - days", "*miqqeḏem*": "preposition min + noun, masculine, singular - from old/ancient/before", "*hāḡîṯî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I meditate", "*ḇeḵol-pā'ŏleḵā*": "preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular, construct + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in all your work", "*bema'ăśēh*": "preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular, construct - in work of", "*yāḏeḵā*": "noun, feminine, dual + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hands", "*'ăśôḥēaḥ*": "polel imperfect, 1st person singular - I meditate/muse" }, "variants": { "*Zāḵartî*": "I remember/I recall/I call to mind", "*yāmîm miqqeḏem*": "days of old/ancient days/days from before", "*hāḡîṯî*": "I meditate/I ponder/I muse", "*pā'ŏleḵā*": "your work/your deed/your action", "*ma'ăśēh yāḏeḵā*": "work of your hands/what your hands have made", "*'ăśôḥēaḥ*": "I meditate/I muse/I consider/I reflect" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.6", "source": "פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃", "text": "*Pēraśtî* *yāḏay* to *'ēleḵā*; *nap̄šî* like *'ereṣ*-*'ăyēp̄āh* to *leḵā* *selāh*.", "grammar": { "*Pēraśtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I spread out", "*yāḏay*": "noun, feminine, dual + 1st person singular suffix - my hands", "*'ēleḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*ke'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*": "preposition kaf + noun, feminine, singular + adjective, feminine, singular - like land weary", "*leḵā*": "preposition lamed + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*selāh*": "interjection - selah/pause" }, "variants": { "*Pēraśtî*": "I spread out/I stretch out/I extend", "*yāḏay*": "my hands/my arms", "*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my life/myself", "*'ereṣ-'ăyēp̄āh*": "weary land/parched land/thirsty ground", "*selāh*": "musical notation/pause/lift up" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.7", "source": "מַ֘הֵ֤ר עֲנֵ֨נִי ׀ יְהוָה֮ כָּלְתָ֢ה ר֫וּחִ֥י אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֣ר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי עִם־יֹ֥רְדֵי בֽוֹר׃", "text": "*Mahēr* *'ănēnî* *YHWH*, *kālṯāh* *rûḥî*; *'al*-*tastēr* *pāneḵā* from *mimmennî* and *nimšaltî* with *yōrḏê* *ḇôr*.", "grammar": { "*Mahēr*": "piel imperative, masculine, singular - hasten/make haste", "*'ănēnî*": "qal imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - answer me", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*kālṯāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has failed/ended", "*rûḥî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my spirit", "*'al-tastēr*": "negative particle + hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular, jussive - do not hide", "*pāneḵā*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face", "*mimmennî*": "preposition min + 1st person singular suffix - from me", "*wenimšaltî*": "conjunction + niphal perfect, 1st person singular - and I will be like/compared", "*'im-yōrḏê*": "preposition + qal participle, masculine, plural, construct - with those who go down to", "*ḇôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - pit" }, "variants": { "*Mahēr*": "hasten/hurry/quickly", "*'ănēnî*": "answer me/respond to me", "*kālṯāh*": "has failed/is spent/has ended", "*rûḥî*": "my spirit/my breath/my life", "*'al-tastēr pāneḵā*": "do not hide your face/do not turn away", "*nimšaltî*": "I will be like/I will be compared to/I will resemble", "*yōrḏê ḇôr*": "those who go down to the pit/those descending to the grave" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.8", "source": "הַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִי בַבֹּ֨קֶר ׀ חַסְדֶּךָ֮ כִּֽי־בְךָ֢ בָ֫טָ֥חְתִּי הוֹדִיעֵ֗נִי דֶּֽרֶךְ־ז֥וּ אֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־אֵ֝לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֥אתִי נַפְשִֽׁי׃", "text": "*Hašmî'ēnî* in *babbōqer* *ḥasdeḵā*, *kî*-in *ḇeḵā* *ḇāṭāḥtî*; *hôḏî'ēnî* *dereḵ*-*zû* *'ēlēḵ*, *kî*-to *'ēleḵā* *nāśā'ṯî* *nap̄šî*.", "grammar": { "*Hašmî'ēnî*": "hiphil imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - cause me to hear", "*babbōqer*": "preposition bet + article + noun, masculine, singular - in the morning", "*ḥasdeḵā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness", "*kî-ḇeḵā*": "conjunction + preposition bet + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for in you", "*ḇāṭāḥtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I trust", "*hôḏî'ēnî*": "hiphil imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - make me know", "*dereḵ-zû*": "noun, feminine, singular, construct + demonstrative pronoun - way this", "*'ēlēḵ*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will walk", "*kî-'ēleḵā*": "conjunction + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for to you", "*nāśā'ṯî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I lift up", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul" }, "variants": { "*Hašmî'ēnî*": "cause me to hear/let me hear/make me hear", "*babbōqer*": "in the morning/at daybreak", "*ḥasdeḵā*": "your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy", "*ḇāṭāḥtî*": "I trust/I have trusted/I place confidence", "*hôḏî'ēnî*": "make me know/teach me/show me", "*dereḵ-zû*": "the way which/the path that/what way", "*'ēlēḵ*": "I will walk/I should go/I may walk", "*nāśā'ṯî nap̄šî*": "I lift up my soul/I raise my life/I direct my inner being" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.9", "source": "הַצִּילֵ֖נִי מֵאֹיְבַ֥י ׀ יְהוָ֗ה אֵלֶ֥יךָ כִסִּֽתִי׃", "text": "*Haṣṣîlēnî* from *mē'ōyeḇay* *YHWH*; to *'ēleḵā* *kissîṯî*.", "grammar": { "*Haṣṣîlēnî*": "hiphil imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - deliver me", "*mē'ōyeḇay*": "preposition min + noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - from my enemies", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*'ēleḵā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you", "*kissîṯî*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular - I have covered/hidden" }, "variants": { "*Haṣṣîlēnî*": "deliver me/rescue me/save me", "*mē'ōyeḇay*": "from my enemies/from my foes/from those hostile to me", "*'ēleḵā kissîṯî*": "to you I have taken refuge/with you I have hidden myself/I have covered myself with you" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.10", "source": "לַמְּדֵ֤נִי ׀ לַֽעֲשׂ֣וֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ֮ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֢ה אֱל֫וֹהָ֥י רוּחֲךָ֥ טוֹבָ֑ה תַּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִישֽׁוֹר׃", "text": "*Lammēḏēnî* to *la'ăśôṯ* *rəṣôneḵā*, *kî*-you *'attāh* *'ělôhāy*; *rûḥăḵā* *ṭôḇāh*, *tanḥēnî* in *'ereṣ* *mîšôr*.", "grammar": { "*Lammēḏēnî*": "piel imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - teach me", "*la'ăśôṯ*": "preposition lamed + qal infinitive construct - to do", "*rəṣôneḵā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your will/pleasure", "*kî-'attāh*": "conjunction + pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - for you", "*'ělôhāy*": "noun, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my God", "*rûḥăḵā*": "noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your spirit", "*ṭôḇāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - good", "*tanḥēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - she will lead me", "*be'ereṣ*": "preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular, construct - in land of", "*mîšôr*": "noun, masculine, singular - levelness/straightness" }, "variants": { "*Lammēḏēnî*": "teach me/instruct me/train me", "*la'ăśôṯ rəṣôneḵā*": "to do your will/to perform your pleasure/to carry out what pleases you", "*'ělôhāy*": "my God/my deity", "*rûḥăḵā ṭôḇāh*": "your spirit is good/your good spirit", "*tanḥēnî*": "may lead me/will guide me/may direct me", "*'ereṣ mîšôr*": "land of levelness/level ground/smooth country" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.11", "source": "לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓ ׀ תּוֹצִ֖יא מִצָּרָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃", "text": "For *lema'an*-*šimḵā* *YHWH* *teḥayyēnî*; in *beṣiḏqāṯeḵā* *tôṣî'* from *miṣṣārāh* *nap̄šî*.", "grammar": { "*lema'an-šimḵā*": "preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for sake of your name", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*teḥayyēnî*": "piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you will preserve me alive", "*beṣiḏqāṯeḵā*": "preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your righteousness", "*tôṣî'*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will bring out", "*miṣṣārāh*": "preposition min + noun, feminine, singular - from distress", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul" }, "variants": { "*lema'an-šimḵā*": "for your name's sake/because of your name/for the sake of your reputation", "*teḥayyēnî*": "preserve me alive/give me life/revive me", "*beṣiḏqāṯeḵā*": "in your righteousness/by your justice", "*tôṣî'*": "bring out/lead out/free", "*miṣṣārāh*": "from distress/from trouble/from adversity", "*nap̄šî*": "my soul/my life/myself" } }

{ "verseID": "Psalms.143.12", "source": "וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֢ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל־צֹרֲרֵ֣י נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּ֝֗י אֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃", "text": "And in *ḇeḥasdeḵā* *taṣmîṯ* *'ōyeḇāy* and *ha'ăḇadtā* all-*ṣōrărê* *nap̄šî*; *kî* I *'ănî* *'aḇdeḵā*.", "grammar": { "*ûḇeḥasdeḵā*": "conjunction + preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and in your lovingkindness", "*taṣmîṯ*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will silence/destroy", "*'ōyeḇāy*": "noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - my enemies", "*weha'ăḇadtā*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will destroy", "*kol-ṣōrărê*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct + qal participle, masculine, plural, construct - all adversaries of", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*'ănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*'aḇdeḵā*": "noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant" }, "variants": { "*ḇeḥasdeḵā*": "in your lovingkindness/in your steadfast love/by your mercy", "*taṣmîṯ*": "silence/destroy/cut off", "*'ōyeḇāy*": "my enemies/my foes", "*ha'ăḇadtā*": "destroy/cause to perish/wipe out", "*ṣōrărê nap̄šî*": "adversaries of my soul/those who afflict my life/those who distress me", "*'aḇdeḵā*": "your servant/your slave" } }