Psalms 39:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִֽׁמְעָ֥ה־תְפִלָּתִ֨י ׀ יְהוָ֡ה וְשַׁוְעָתִ֨י ׀ הַאֲזִינָה֮ אֶֽל־דִּמְעָתִ֗י אַֽל־תֶּחֱ֫רַ֥שׁ כִּ֤י גֵ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י עִמָּ֑ךְ תּ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב כְּכָל־אֲבוֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

šimʿāh-təfillātî YHWH and-šawʿātî haʾăzînāh to-dimʿātî not-teḥĕraš because gēr ʾānōkî with-kā tôšāb like-all-ʾăbôtāy

Grammar Details

*šimʿāh*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - hear
*təfillātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*šawʿātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and my cry
*haʾăzînāh*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular - give ear
*dimʿātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition 'el' - to my tears
*teḥĕraš*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with negative 'al' - do not be deaf/silent
*gēr*: noun, masculine singular with conjunction 'kî' - because a sojourner
*ʾānōkî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I (am)
*kā*: 2nd person masculine singular suffix with prefixed preposition 'im' - with you
*tôšāb*: noun, masculine singular - resident alien
*ʾăbôtāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed 'kə' and 'kol' - like all my fathers

Word Meanings

*šimʿāh*: hear/listen/obey
*təfillātî*: my prayer/supplication
*šawʿātî*: my cry/shout for help
*haʾăzînāh*: give ear/listen attentively
*dimʿātî*: my tears/weeping
*teḥĕraš*: be deaf/silent/inactive
*gēr*: sojourner/foreigner/alien
*tôšāb*: resident alien/temporary dweller/stranger
*ʾăbôtāy*: my fathers/ancestors/forefathers

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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

Job 10:20-21 : 20 Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Job 14:10-12 : 10 But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? 11 [ As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up; 12 So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Job 14:5-6 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
Gen 5:24 : 24 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Gen 42:36 : 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Job 7:19 : 19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

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