Psalms 119:154

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רִיבָ֣ה רִ֭יבִי וּגְאָלֵ֑נִי לְאִמְרָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

rîḇāh rîḇî ûḡəʾālēnî according to ʾimrātəkā ḥayyēnî

Grammar Details

*rîḇāh*: imperative, masculine singular, qal - plead/contend
*rîḇî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my cause
*ûḡəʾālēnî*: conjunction + imperative, masculine singular, qal with 1st person singular suffix - and redeem me
*ʾimrātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word
*ḥayyēnî*: imperative, masculine singular, piel with 1st person singular suffix - revive me

Word Meanings

*rîḇāh*: plead/contend/defend
*rîḇî*: my cause/my case/my dispute
*ḡəʾālēnî*: redeem me/rescue me/deliver me
*ʾimrātəkā*: your word/your saying/your promise
*ḥayyēnî*: revive me/give me life/preserve my life

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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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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 24:15 : 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
Mic 7:9 : 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
Ps 35:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Ps 119:25 : 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Prov 22:23 : 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Jer 50:34 : 34 Their Redeemer is strong; Jehovah of hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
Jer 51:36 : 36 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Job 5:8 : 8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

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