Psalms 30:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַה־בֶּ֥צַע בְּדָמִי֮ בְּרִדְתִּ֢י אֶ֫ל שָׁ֥חַת הֲיוֹדְךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר הֲיַגִּ֥יד אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

What-beṣaʿ in-dāmî in-ridtî to šāḥat hă-yôdḵā ʿāpār hă-yaggîd ʾămitteḵā

Grammar Details

*beṣaʿ*: masculine singular - profit/gain
*dāmî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in my blood
*ridtî*: Qal infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in my going down
*šāḥat*: feminine singular - pit/grave/corruption
*hă-yôdḵā*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and interrogative prefix - will it thank you
*ʿāpār*: masculine singular - dust/earth
*hă-yaggîd*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with interrogative prefix - will it declare
*ʾămitteḵā*: feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your truth/faithfulness

Word Meanings

*beṣaʿ*: profit/gain/advantage
*dāmî*: my blood/my bloodshed/my death
*ridtî*: my going down/my descending/my dying
*šāḥat*: pit/grave/corruption/destruction
*yôdḵā*: thank you/praise you/acknowledge you
*ʿāpār*: dust/earth/soil/ashes
*yaggîd*: declare/tell/proclaim/announce
*ʾămitteḵā*: your truth/your faithfulness/your reliability

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 54:4 : 4 Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
Ps 143:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; Give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
Ps 143:7-9 : 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. 8 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. 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Ps 27:7 : 7 Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Ps 28:7 : 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
Ps 51:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.

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