Psalms 119:75

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָדַ֣עְתִּי יְ֭הוָה כִּי־צֶ֣דֶק מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑יךָ וֶ֝אֱמוּנָ֗ה עִנִּיתָֽנִי׃

Transliteration

I know yāḏaʿtî YHWH that kî righteous ṣeḏeq are your judgments mišpāṭêḵā; and in faithfulness weʾĕmûnâ you have afflicted me ʿinnîṯānî.

Grammar Details

*yāḏaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I know/have known
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD, divine name
*kî*: conjunction - that/because
*ṣeḏeq*: noun masculine singular - righteousness
*mišpāṭêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments
*weʾĕmûnâ*: conjunction + noun feminine singular - and faithfulness
*ʿinnîṯānî*: piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you have afflicted me

Word Meanings

*yāḏaʿtî*: I know/I recognize/I acknowledge
*ṣeḏeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*mišpāṭêḵā*: your judgments/your decisions/your ordinances
*ʾĕmûnâ*: faithfulness/steadfastness/fidelity
*ʿinnîṯānî*: you have afflicted me/you have humbled me/you have oppressed me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened [us] as seemed good to them; but he for [our] profit, that [we] may be partakers of his holiness. 11 {G1161} {G3303} All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, {G1223} [even the fruit] of righteousness.
Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Job 34:23 : 23 For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.
Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Ps 89:30-33 : 30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; 31 If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
Ps 119:7 : 7 I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
Ps 119:160 : 160 The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.
Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Rom 3:4-5 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment. 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)

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