Psalms 25:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי

Transliteration

ṣārôṯ lĕḇāḇî hirḥîḇû mimmĕṣûqôṯay hôṣîʾēnî

Grammar Details

• *ṣārôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'troubles of'
• *lĕḇāḇî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my heart'
• *hirḥîḇû*: verb, Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they have enlarged/expanded'
• *mimmĕṣûqôṯay*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'from my distresses'
• *hôṣîʾēnî*: verb, Hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'bring me out'

Word Meanings

• *ṣārôṯ*: troubles/distresses/adversities
• *lĕḇāḇî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self
• *hirḥîḇû*: they have enlarged/they have expanded/they have grown
• *mĕṣûqôṯay*: my distresses/my straits/my difficulties
• *hôṣîʾēnî*: bring me out/deliver me/rescue me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
• Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
• Ps 77:2-4 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542} 4 Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
• Ps 107:6 : 6 Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, And he delivered them out of their distresses,
• Hab 3:17-19 : 17 For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And will make me to walk upon my high places.
• 1 Cor 4:11-13 : 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;