Psalms 119:123

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵ֭ינַי כָּל֣וּ לִֽישׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ וּלְאִמְרַ֥ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

ʿênay kālû to-yəšûʿātekā and-to-ʾimrat ṣidqekā

Grammar Details

*ʿênay*: feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
*kālû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have failed/grown weary
*yəšûʿātekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your salvation
*ʾimrat*: feminine singular construct - word of
*ṣidqekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*wə-*: conjunction - and

Word Meanings

*ʿênay*: my eyes
*kālû*: have failed/grown weary/longed
*yəšûʿātekā*: your salvation/deliverance/help
*ʾimrat*: word of/saying of/promise of
*ṣidqekā*: your righteousness/justice/rightness

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
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
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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

Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Ps 119:81-82 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 130:6 : 6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord More than watchmen [wait] for the morning; [Yea, more than] watchmen for the morning.
Ps 143:7 : 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Similar Verses (AI)

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81KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
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136Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
Ps 119:174
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146I have called unto thee; Save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.
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Ps 119:40-41
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
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18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
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20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
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30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
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Ps 119:166
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37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
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Ps 119:28
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28My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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Ps 119:76-77
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76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
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Ps 119:170
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