Psalms 119:74

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְ֭רֵאֶיךָ יִרְא֣וּנִי וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ כִּ֖י לִדְבָרְךָ֣ יִחָֽלְתִּי׃

Transliteration

Those who fear you yərēʾêḵā will see me yirʾûnî and rejoice wəyiśmāḥû; because kî for your word liḏḇārəḵā I have hoped yiḥāltî.

Grammar Details

*yərēʾêḵā*: qal participle masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - ones fearing you
*yirʾûnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they will see me
*wəyiśmāḥû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they will rejoice
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*liḏḇārəḵā*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for your word
*yiḥāltî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I have waited/hoped

Word Meanings

*yərēʾêḵā*: those who fear you/ones revering you/your worshippers
*yirʾûnî*: will see me/will observe me/will look at me
*wəyiśmāḥû*: and will rejoice/and will be glad/and will be happy
*liḏḇārəḵā*: for your word/in your word/on your word
*yiḥāltî*: I have hoped/I have waited expectantly/I have longed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 32:11-12 : 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Ps 34:2-6 : 2 My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. 5 They looked unto him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be confounded. 6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Ps 66:16 : 16 Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Ps 119:42 : 42 So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.
Ps 119:79 : 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
Ps 119:147 : 147 I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
Mal 3:16 : 16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.
Luke 21:33 : 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Ps 108:7 : 7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 119:75-79
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75I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
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.
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Ps 119:114
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114Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Ps 119:166
75%
166I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, And have done thy commandments.
Ps 31:7
75%
7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Ps 119:49-50
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49ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
Ps 119:116
75%
116Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Ps 119:38-43
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74%
38Confirm unto thy servant thy word, Which [is in order] unto the fear of thee.
39Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
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.
42So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.
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Ps 69:32
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Ps 119:174
74%
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:120
74%
120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Ps 33:18
74%
18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;
Ps 119:81-82
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81KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
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11Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
Ps 119:63
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Ps 119:47
73%
47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:161-162
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Ps 119:147
73%
147I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy words.
Ps 119:73
73%
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Ps 128:4
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Ps 119:158
73%
158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
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Ps 119:53
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Ps 39:7
71%
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
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