Psalms 119:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִ֭נֵּה תָּאַ֣בְתִּי לְפִקֻּדֶ֑יךָ בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

hinnēh tāʾaḇtî to-p̄iqqūḏeykā in-ṣiḏqāṯḵā ḥayyēnî

Grammar Details

• *hinnēh*: interjection - behold/see
• *tāʾaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I long for/desire
• *lǝp̄iqqūḏeykā*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for your precepts
• *bǝṣiḏqāṯḵā*: preposition + feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your righteousness
• *ḥayyēnî*: piel imperative + 1st person singular suffix - give me life/revive me

Word Meanings

• *tāʾaḇtî*: I long for/I desire/I crave
• *p̄iqqūḏeykā*: your precepts/commands/orders
• *ṣiḏqāṯḵā*: your righteousness/justice/rightness

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:20 : 20 My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
• John 10:10 : 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and {G2443} may have [it] abundantly.
• Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
• 3 John 1:2 : 2 Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
• Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
• Rom 7:24 : 24 Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?
• 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became {G1519} a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary the one to the other; that ye may not do the things that {G302} ye would.
• Eph 2:5 : 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace have ye been saved),
• Ps 119:25 : 25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.
• Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
• Ps 119:88 : 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
• Ps 119:107 : 107 I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
• Ps 119:149 : 149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thine ordinances.
• Ps 119:156 : 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah: Quicken me according to thine ordinances.
• Ps 119:159 : 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
• Matt 26:41 : 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
• Mark 9:24 : 24 {G2532} Straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, {G3326} {G1144} {G2962} I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.