Psalms 119:159

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְ֭אֵה כִּי־פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ אָהָ֑בְתִּי יְ֝הוָ֗ה כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

rəʾēh that-piqqûḏêkā ʾāhāḇtî YHWH according to ḥasdəkā ḥayyēnî

Grammar Details

*rəʾēh*: imperative, masculine singular, qal - see
*piqqûḏêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
*ʾāhāḇtî*: perfect, 1st person singular, qal - I loved
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ḥasdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness
*ḥayyēnî*: imperative, masculine singular, piel with 1st person singular suffix - revive me

Word Meanings

*rəʾēh*: see/behold/consider
*piqqûḏêkā*: your precepts/your commands/your orders
*ʾāhāḇtî*: I loved/I cherished
*ḥasdəkā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy
*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

2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 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.
Neh 5:19 : 19 Remember unto me, O my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
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.
Ps 119:97 : 97 MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:153 : 153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 119:149
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149Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
Ps 119:156
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156Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
Ps 119:40-41
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86%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
41VAV. Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Ps 119:107-108
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107I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
108Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances.
Ps 119:88
83%
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 119:93-94
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93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:153-154
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153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
154Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.
Ps 119:76-77
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79%
76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:37
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37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Ps 119:97
78%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:58-59
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58I entreated thy favor with my whole heart: Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Ps 119:47
77%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:33-34
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77%
33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes; And I shall keep it unto the end.
34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:25
77%
25DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
Ps 119:10-12
3 verses
77%
10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.
11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:167-170
4 verses
77%
167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.
169TAV. Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
170Let my supplication come before thee: Deliver me according to thy word.
Ps 143:11
77%
11Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Ps 119:15-16
2 verses
77%
15I will meditate on thy precepts, And have respect unto thy ways.
16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:158
77%
158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
Ps 119:131-132
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77%
131I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.
132Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Ps 119:173-175
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76%
173Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
Ps 119:5
76%
5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Ps 119:127
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127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Ps 119:143-145
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76%
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live.
145QOPH. I have called with my whole heart; Answer me, O Jehovah: I will keep thy statutes.
Ps 119:117
76%
117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Ps 119:50
76%
50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
Ps 119:27
76%
27Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
Ps 119:129
75%
129PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Ps 119:66
75%
66Teach me good judgment and knowledge; For I have believed in thy commandments.
Ps 119:69
75%
69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Ps 69:16
75%
16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Ps 119:8
75%
8I will observe thy statutes: Oh forsake me not utterly.