Psalms 69:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲנֵ֣נִי יְ֭הוָה כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ פְּנֵ֣ה אֵלָֽי׃

Transliteration

'ănēnî YHWH because-ṭôḇ ḥasdĕḵā according-to-abundance-of raḥămeḵā pĕnēh to-me

Grammar Details

*'ănēnî*: Qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - answer me
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ṭôḇ*: masculine singular adjective - good
*ḥasdĕḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your steadfast love
*raḥămeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your compassion
*pĕnēh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - turn/face

Word Meanings

*'ănēnî*: answer me/respond to me
*ṭôḇ*: good/pleasant/beneficial
*ḥasdĕḵā*: your steadfast love/your lovingkindness/your mercy
*raḥămeḵā*: your compassion/your mercy/your tender mercies
*pĕnēh*: turn/face/look

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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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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 27:9 : 9 Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Ps 102:2 : 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.
Ps 143:7 : 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.
Ps 143:9 : 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Matt 26:38 : 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me.
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Ps 40:13 : 13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 44:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ps 66:14 : 14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.
Ps 70:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Ps 13:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Ps 22:24 : 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

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