Psalms 86:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּנֵ֥ה אֵלַ֗י וְחָ֫נֵּ֥נִי תְּנָֽה־עֻזְּךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעָה לְבֶן־אֲמָתֶֽךָ

Transliteration

pᵉnēh ʾēlay wᵉḥānnēnî tᵉnâ-ʿuzzᵉkā lᵉʿabdekā wᵉhôšîʿâ lᵉben-ʾămātekā

Grammar Details

*pᵉnēh*: imperative verb, qal - turn
*ʾēlay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
*wᵉḥānnēnî*: conjunction + imperative verb, qal + 1st person singular suffix - and be gracious to me
*tᵉnâ*: imperative verb, qal - give
*ʿuzzᵉkā*: noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your strength
*lᵉʿabdekā*: preposition + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your servant
*wᵉhôšîʿâ*: conjunction + imperative verb, hiphil - and save
*lᵉben*-*ʾămātekā*: preposition + noun construct + noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to son of your maidservant

Word Meanings

*pᵉnēh*: turn/look/face
*ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/have mercy on me/show favor to me
*tᵉnâ*: give/grant/provide
*ʿōz*: strength/might/power
*ʿebed*: servant/slave
*hôšîʿâ*: save/deliver/rescue
*ben*-*ʾāmâ*: son of handmaid/son of female servant/son of maidservant

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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 116:16 : 16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Ps 25:16 : 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 28:7-8 : 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. 8 Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
Ps 69:16 : 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].
Ps 90:13 : 13 Return, O Jehovah; How long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Ps 119:94 : 94 I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Ps 119:132 : 132 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Ps 138:3 : 3 In the day that I called thou answeredst me, Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
Isa 40:29-31 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
Luke 1:38 : 38 And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, {G3450} {G80} be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

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