Psalms 119:86

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־מִצְוֺתֶ֥יךָ אֱמוּנָ֑ה שֶׁ֖קֶר רְדָפ֣וּנִי עָזְרֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

All kāl your commandments miṣwōṯêḵā are faithfulness ʾĕmûnâ; falsely šeqer they persecute me rəḏāp̄ûnî; help me ʿāzrēnî.

Grammar Details

*kāl*: noun masculine singular construct - all of
*miṣwōṯêḵā*: feminine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandments
*ʾĕmûnâ*: noun feminine singular - faithfulness
*šeqer*: noun masculine singular - falsehood/lie
*rəḏāp̄ûnî*: qal perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have persecuted me
*ʿāzrēnî*: qal imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - help me

Word Meanings

*miṣwōṯêḵā*: your commandments/your orders/your instructions
*ʾĕmûnâ*: faithfulness/trustworthiness/reliability
*šeqer*: falsely/with falsehood/with lies
*rəḏāp̄ûnî*: they persecute me/they pursue me/they chase me
*ʿāzrēnî*: help me/assist me/aid me

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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

Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Ps 119:78 : 78 Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 119:138 : 138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
Ps 109:26 : 26 Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Rom 7:12 : 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
Ps 119:142 : 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
Ps 119:151 : 151 Thou art nigh, O Jehovah; And all thy commandments are truth.
Ps 142:4-6 : 4 Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul. 5 I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Ps 143:9 : 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
Ps 7:1-5 : 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me, 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
Ps 19:9 : 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, [and] righteous altogether.
Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
Ps 38:19 : 19 But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Ps 59:3-4 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.
Ps 70:5 : 5 But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.

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Ps 119:157-159
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157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
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Ps 119:115-118
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Ps 119:94-95
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Ps 119:138
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