Psalms 25:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; For he will pluck my feet out of the net.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵינַ֣י תָּ֭מִיד אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י הֽוּא־יוֹצִ֖יא מֵרֶ֣שֶׁת רַגְלָֽי

Transliteration

ʿênay tāmîḏ ʾel-YHWH kî hûʾ-yôṣîʾ mērešeṯ raḡlāy

Grammar Details

*ʿênay*: noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my eyes'
*tāmîḏ*: adverb - 'continually'
*ʾel*: preposition - 'to/towards'
*kî*: conjunction - 'for/because'
*hûʾ-yôṣîʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular + verb, Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he will bring out'
*mērešeṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - 'from net of'
*raḡlāy*: noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my feet'

Word Meanings

*ʿênay*: my eyes/my sight
*tāmîḏ*: continually/perpetually/constantly
*yôṣîʾ*: will bring out/will free/will rescue
*rešeṯ*: net/snare/trap
*raḡlāy*: my feet/my legs

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 141:8 : 8 For mine eyes are unto thee, O Jehovah the Lord: In thee do I take refuge; leave not my soul destitute.
Ps 31:4 : 4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
Ps 123:2 : 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes [look] unto Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us.
Ps 124:7-8 : 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped. 8 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Ps 121:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? 2 My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
Jer 5:26 : 26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will.

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