Psalms 119:87

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֭מְעַט כִּלּ֣וּנִי בָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝אֲנִ֗י לֹא־עָזַ֥בְתִּי פִקֻּודֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Almost kimʿaṭ they have destroyed me killûnî on the earth bāʾāreṣ; but I waʾănî not lōʾ have forsaken ʿāzaḇtî your precepts p̄iqqûḏêḵā.

Grammar Details

*kimʿaṭ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - almost/nearly
*killûnî*: piel perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have destroyed me
*bāʾāreṣ*: preposition + noun feminine singular - on the earth/in the land
*waʾănî*: conjunction + 1st person singular pronoun - but I/and I
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿāzaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forsaken
*p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts

Word Meanings

*kimʿaṭ*: almost/nearly/within a little
*killûnî*: they have destroyed me/they have consumed me/they have finished me
*bāʾāreṣ*: on the earth/in the land/in this world
*ʿāzaḇtî*: I have forsaken/I have abandoned/I have left
*p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: your precepts/your commands/your instructions

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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

1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found favor in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.
1 Sam 24:6-7 : 6 And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah's anointed. 7 So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
1 Sam 26:9 : 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?
1 Sam 26:24 : 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
2 Sam 17:16 : 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
Ps 119:61 : 61 The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near unto God.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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