Psalms 119:92

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If Your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לוּלֵ֣י ת֭וֹרָתְךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑י אָ֝֗ז אָבַ֥דְתִּי בְעָנְיִֽי׃

Transliteration

Unless lûlê your law ṯôrāṯəḵā had been my delight šaʿăšuʿāy; then ʾāz I would have perished ʾāḇaḏtî in my affliction bəʿānyî.

Grammar Details

• *lûlê*: conjunction - unless/if not
• *ṯôrāṯəḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law
• *šaʿăšuʿāy*: masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my delights
• *ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time
• *ʾāḇaḏtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I would have perished
• *bəʿānyî*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my affliction

Word Meanings

• *lûlê*: unless/if not/except for
• *ṯôrāṯəḵā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
• *šaʿăšuʿāy*: my delight/my pleasure/my enjoyment
• *ʾāḇaḏtî*: I would have perished/I would have been destroyed/I would have been lost
• *bəʿānyî*: in my affliction/in my suffering/in my misery

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf my delyte were not in thy lawe, I shulde perishe in my trouble.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Except thy Lawe had bene my delite, I should now haue perished in mine affliction.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If my delight had not ben in thy lawe: I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If your law had not been my delight, my troubles would have put an end to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 27:13 : 13 I am confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
• Ps 94:18-19 : 18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," Your steadfast love, LORD, supported me. 19 When anxiety overwhelmed me, Your consolations brought joy to my soul.
• Ps 119:24 : 24 Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
• Ps 119:77 : 77 Let Your mercy come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
• Ps 119:143 : 143 Trouble and anguish have seized me, yet Your commandments are my delight.
• Prov 6:22-23 : 22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake, they will speak to you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.
• Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.