Psalms 119:156

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבִּ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

raḥămêkā rabbîm YHWH according to mišpāṭêkā ḥayyēnî

Grammar Details

*raḥămêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mercies
*rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many/great
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*mišpāṭêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments
*ḥayyēnî*: imperative, masculine singular, piel with 1st person singular suffix - revive me

Word Meanings

*raḥămêkā*: your mercies/your compassions/your tender mercies
*rabbîm*: many/great/abundant
*mišpāṭêkā*: your judgments/your ordinances/your decisions
*ḥayyēnî*: revive me/give me life/preserve my life

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
1 Chr 21:13 : 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Ps 51:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
Isa 55:7 : 7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isa 63:7 : 7 I will make mention of the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah, and the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

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