Psalms 119:76

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

May Your lovingkindness comfort me, according to Your promise to Your servant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהִי־נָ֣א חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִי כְּאִמְרָתְךָ֥ לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Let be yəhî now nāʾ your lovingkindness ḥasdəḵā to comfort me lənaḥămēnî; according to your word kəʾimrāṯəḵā to your servant ləʿaḇdêḵā.

Grammar Details

• *yəhî*: qal jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let be/may it be
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - now/please
• *ḥasdəḵā*: noun masculine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness
• *lənaḥămēnî*: preposition + piel infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - to comfort me
• *kəʾimrāṯəḵā*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - according to your word
• *ləʿaḇdêḵā*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your servant

Word Meanings

• *yəhî*: let it be/may it be/let there be
• *nāʾ*: now/please/I pray
• *ḥasdəḵā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy
• *lənaḥămēnî*: to comfort me/to console me/to cheer me
• *ʾimrāṯəḵā*: your word/your promise/your saying
• *ʿaḇdêḵā*: your servant/your slave

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be my comfort, according to Your word to Your servant.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  O let thy mercifull kyndnesse be my comforte, acordinge to the promyse that thou hast made vnto thy seruaunt.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I pray thee that thy mercie may comfort me according to thy promes vnto thy seruant.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me: accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, According to your word to your servant.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon You.
• Ps 106:4-5 : 4 Remember me, LORD, when You show favor to Your people; come to my aid with Your salvation. 5 That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, rejoice in the joy of Your nation, and glory with Your inheritance.
• 2 Cor 1:3-5 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.