Psalms 143:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִי בַבֹּ֨קֶר ׀ חַסְדֶּךָ֮ כִּֽי־בְךָ֢ בָ֫טָ֥חְתִּי הוֹדִיעֵ֗נִי דֶּֽרֶךְ־ז֥וּ אֵלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־אֵ֝לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֥אתִי נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

Hašmî'ēnî in babbōqer ḥasdeḵā, kî-in ḇeḵā ḇāṭāḥtî; hôḏî'ēnî dereḵ-zû 'ēlēḵ, kî-to 'ēleḵā nāśā'ṯî nap̄šî.

Grammar Details

*Hašmî'ēnî*: hiphil imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - cause me to hear
*babbōqer*: preposition bet + article + noun, masculine, singular - in the morning
*ḥasdeḵā*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness
*kî-ḇeḵā*: conjunction + preposition bet + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for in you
*ḇāṭāḥtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I trust
*hôḏî'ēnî*: hiphil imperative, masculine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - make me know
*dereḵ-zû*: noun, feminine, singular, construct + demonstrative pronoun - way this
*'ēlēḵ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will walk
*kî-'ēleḵā*: conjunction + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for to you
*nāśā'ṯî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I lift up
*nap̄šî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

*Hašmî'ēnî*: cause me to hear/let me hear/make me hear
*babbōqer*: in the morning/at daybreak
*ḥasdeḵā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy
*ḇāṭāḥtî*: I trust/I have trusted/I place confidence
*hôḏî'ēnî*: make me know/teach me/show me
*dereḵ-zû*: the way which/the path that/what way
*'ēlēḵ*: I will walk/I should go/I may walk
*nāśā'ṯî nap̄šî*: I lift up my soul/I raise my life/I direct my inner being

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 25:4-5 : 4 Show me thy ways, O Jehovah; Teach me thy paths. 5 Guide me in thy truth, and teach me; For thou art the God of my salvation; For thee do I wait all the day.
Ps 46:5 : 5 God is in the midst of her; She shall not be moved: God will help her, and that right early.
Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.
Ps 27:11 : 11 Teach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.
Ps 86:4 : 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Ps 25:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Ps 143:10 : 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Ps 90:14 : 14 Oh satisfy us in the morning with thy lovingkindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] in the morning.
Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 59:16 : 16 But I will sing of thy strength; Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning: For thou hast been my high tower, And a refuge in the day of my distress.
Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Ps 119:73 : 73 YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Lam 3:41 : 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Gen 32:24-29 : 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

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