Psalms 119:92

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לוּלֵ֣י ת֭וֹרָתְךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑י אָ֝֗ז אָבַ֥דְתִּי בְעָנְיִֽי׃

Transliteration

Unless lûlê your law ṯôrāṯəḵā had been my delight šaʿăšuʿāy; then ʾāz I would have perished ʾāḇaḏtî in my affliction bəʿānyî.

Grammar Details

*lûlê*: conjunction - unless/if not
*ṯôrāṯəḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
*šaʿăšuʿāy*: masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my delights
*ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time
*ʾāḇaḏtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I would have perished
*bəʿānyî*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my affliction

Word Meanings

*lûlê*: unless/if not/except for
*ṯôrāṯəḵā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
*šaʿăšuʿāy*: my delight/my pleasure/my enjoyment
*ʾāḇaḏtî*: I would have perished/I would have been destroyed/I would have been lost
*bəʿānyî*: in my affliction/in my suffering/in my misery

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:13 : 13 [ I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.
Ps 94:18-19 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up. 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me Thy comforts delight my soul.
Ps 119:24 : 24 Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.
Ps 119:77 : 77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:143 : 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Prov 6:22-23 : 22 When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Rom 15:4 : 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 119:142-143
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142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:76-77
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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.
Ps 119:174-175
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174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.
Ps 119:71-72
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71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me Than thousands of gold and silver.
Ps 119:50-54
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50This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
51The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.
52I have remembered thine ordinances of old, O Jehovah, And have comforted myself.
53Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
54Thy statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.
Ps 119:93-95
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93I will never forget thy precepts; For with them thou hast quickened me.
94I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
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Ps 119:153
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153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me; For I do not forget thy law.
Ps 119:67
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67Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
Ps 119:16
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16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 94:17
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17Unless Jehovah had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
Ps 119:87-88
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87They had almost consumed me upon earth; But I forsook not thy precepts.
88Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; So shall I observe the testimony of thy mouth.
Ps 119:107
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107I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word.
Ps 119:47
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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:97
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97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:159
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159Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.
Ps 31:7
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7I will be glad and rejoice in thy lovingkindness; For thou hast seen my affliction: Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Ps 119:61
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61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; [But] I have not forgotten thy law.
Ps 119:56
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56This I have had, Because I have kept thy precepts.
Ps 119:5
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5Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!
Ps 119:34-35
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34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
Ps 119:136
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136Streams of water run down mine eyes, Because they observe not thy law.
Ps 119:11-12
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11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed art thou, O Jehovah: Teach me thy statutes.
Ps 119:18
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18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
Ps 119:40
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40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Ps 119:102
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102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me.
Ps 119:91
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91They abide this day according to thine ordinances; For all things are thy servants.
Ps 119:28
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28My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Ps 119:24
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24Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.
Ps 119:162
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162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
Ps 119:109-110
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109My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law.
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Ps 118:18
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18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
Ps 119:112
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112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
Ps 119:82
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82Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?
Ps 119:20
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20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Ps 119:43
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43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
Ps 119:117
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117Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.