Psalms 102:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ בְּי֢וֹם צַ֫ר לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אָזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Not tastēr pāneḵā from me in yôm ṣar to me haṭṭê-to me ʾāzneḵā in yôm ʾeqrāʾ mahēr ʿănēnî

Grammar Details

*ʾal*: negative particle - do not
*tastēr*: verb, Hiphil imperfect jussive, 2nd masculine singular - hide
*pāneḵā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face
*mimmenî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me
*bᵉyôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in day/when
*ṣar*: adjective, masculine singular - distress/trouble
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
*haṭṭê*: verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular - incline/turn/extend
*ʾēlay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
*ʾāzneḵā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your ear
*ʾeqrāʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I call
*mahēr*: adverb - quickly/speedily
*ʿănēnî*: verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - answer me

Word Meanings

*tastēr*: hide/conceal
*pāneḵā*: your face/presence
*ṣar*: distress/trouble/adversity
*haṭṭê*: incline/turn/extend
*ʾeqrāʾ*: I call/cry out
*mahēr*: quickly/speedily/hurry
*ʿănēnî*: answer me/respond to me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. {G1063} What is your life? For ye are a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Lam 1:13 : 13 From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Job 30:30 : 30 My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
Ps 31:10 : 10 For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
Lam 3:4 : 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Ps 38:3 : 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Ps 22:14-15 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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Lam 3:4
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