Psalms 119:159

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Consider how I love Your precepts, LORD; in Your lovingkindness give me life.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְ֭אֵה כִּי־פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ אָהָ֑בְתִּי יְ֝הוָ֗ה כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

rəʾēh that-piqqûḏêkā ʾāhāḇtî YHWH according to ḥasdəkā ḥayyēnî

Grammar Details

• *rəʾēh*: imperative, masculine singular, qal - see
• *piqqûḏêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
• *ʾāhāḇtî*: perfect, 1st person singular, qal - I loved
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ḥasdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness
• *ḥayyēnî*: imperative, masculine singular, piel with 1st person singular suffix - revive me

Word Meanings

• *rəʾēh*: see/behold/consider
• *piqqûḏêkā*: your precepts/your commands/your orders
• *ʾāhāḇtî*: I loved/I cherished
• *ḥasdəkā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy
• *ḥayyēnî*: revive me/give me life/preserve my life

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Consider{H7200} how I love{H157} thy precepts:{H6490} Quicken{H2421} me, O Jehovah,{H3068} according to thy lovingkindness.{H2617}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Consider{H7200}{(H8798)} how I love{H157}{(H8804)} thy precepts{H6490}: quicken{H2421}{(H8761)} me, O LORD{H3068}, according to thy lovingkindness{H2617}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Considre (LORDE) how I loue thy comaundementes, O quycken me wt thy louinge kyndnesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Consider, O Lorde, how I loue thy preceptes: quicken mee according to thy louing kindenesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes: quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  See how great is my love for your orders: give me life, O Lord, in keeping with your mercy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  See how I love your precepts! O LORD, revive me with your loyal love!

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 saying, "Please, LORD, remember how I have walked before You in truth, wholeheartedly, and have done what is good in Your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• Neh 5:19 : 19 Remember me with favor, O my God, for all that I have done for these people.
• Neh 13:22 : 22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me also for this, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.
• Ps 119:97 : 97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all day long.
• Ps 119:153 : 153 Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.