Psalms 119:94

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְֽךָ־אֲ֭נִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ דָרָֽשְׁתִּי׃

Transliteration

Yours ləḵā am I ʾănî; save me hôšîʿēnî; for kî your precepts p̄iqqûḏêḵā I have sought ḏārāštî.

Grammar Details

• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you/yours
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I/myself
• *hôšîʿēnî*: hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - save me
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
• *ḏārāštî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have sought

Word Meanings

• *ləḵā*: yours/belonging to you
• *hôšîʿēnî*: save me/deliver me/rescue me
• *p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: your precepts/your commands/your instructions
• *ḏārāštî*: I have sought/I have searched for/I have inquired about

Referenced Verses

• Josh 10:4-6 : 4 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
• Ps 86:2 : 2 Preserve my soul; For I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
• Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: So shall I meditate on thy wondrous works.
• Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
• Ps 119:173 : 173 Let thy hand be ready to help me; For I have chosen thy precepts.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away; 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call [himself] by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname [himself] by the name of Israel.
• Isa 64:8-9 : 8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
• Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, {G1510} whom also I serve, 24 saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.