Psalms 119:60

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I hurried and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַ֭שְׁתִּי וְלֹ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ḥaštî and-not hiṯmahmāhtî to-šǝmōr miṣwōṯeykā

Grammar Details

• *ḥaštî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I hurried
• *wǝlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *hiṯmahmāhtî*: hithpalpel perfect 1st person singular - I delayed
• *lišǝmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to keep
• *miṣwōṯeykā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandments

Word Meanings

• *ḥaštî*: I hurried/hastened/made haste
• *hiṯmahmāhtî*: I delayed/hesitated/lingered
• *šǝmōr*: to keep/observe/obey

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I made haste,{H2363} and delayed{H4102} not, To observe{H8104} thy commandments.{H4687}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I made haste{H2363}{(H8804)}, and delayed{H4102}{(H8701)} not to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thy commandments{H4687}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I make haist, and prolonge not the tyme, to kepe thy commaundemetes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 95:7-8 : 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
• Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
• Ezek 10:6-8 : 6 When He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, 'Take fire from within the wheels, from among the cherubim,' the man went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand to the fire that was among them, took some, and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 Under the wings of the cherubim could be seen something like the form of a human hand.
• Gal 1:16 : 16 to reveal His Son in me, so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,