Psalms 69:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַל־תַּסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵֽעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־צַר־לִ֝֗י מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And-not-tastēr pāneḵā from-'aḇdĕḵā because-ṣar-to-me mahēr 'ănēnî

Grammar Details

*tastēr*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with negative particle 'al - do not hide
*pāneḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
*'aḇdĕḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition min - from your servant
*ṣar*: masculine singular adjective - narrow/distressed
*mahēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - hasten/hurry
*'ănēnî*: Qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - answer me

Word Meanings

*tastēr*: hide/conceal
*pāneḵā*: your face/your presence
*'aḇdĕḵā*: your servant
*ṣar*: distress/trouble/narrow
*mahēr*: hurry/hasten/quickly
*'ănēnî*: answer me/respond to me

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Job 6:23 : 23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 22:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 22:19 : 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
Ps 49:15 : 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Ps 111:9 : 9 He hath sent redemption unto his people; He hath commanded his covenant for ever: Holy and reverend is his name.
Jer 14:8 : 8 O thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a sojourner in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

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