Psalms 26:11

American Standard Version (1901)

But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַ֭אֲנִי בְּתֻמִּ֥י אֵלֵ֗ךְ פְּדֵ֣נִי וְחָנֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And-ʾănî in-tummî ʾēlēḵ pəḏēnî and-ḥānnēnî.

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *tummî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my integrity
• *ʾēlēḵ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will walk
• *pəḏēnî*: qal imperative with 1st person singular suffix - redeem me
• *ḥānnēnî*: qal imperative with 1st person singular suffix - be gracious to me

Word Meanings

• *tummî*: my integrity/my blamelessness/my innocence
• *ʾēlēḵ*: I will walk/I will conduct myself
• *pəḏēnî*: redeem me/ransom me/deliver me
• *ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/show me favor/have mercy on me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 69:18 : 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
• Ps 26:1 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David]. Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
• Ps 49:7 : 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
• Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {{Selah
• 1 Sam 12:2-5 : 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day. 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, Jehovah is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness.
• 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before Jehovah his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
• Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
• Neh 13:14 : 14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.
• Neh 13:22 : 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy lovingkindness.
• Neh 13:31 : 31 and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
• Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
• Ps 103:3-4 : 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
• Ps 103:7-8 : 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel. 8 Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.
• Isa 38:3 : 3 and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
• Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
• 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ: