Psalms 17:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֗י בְּ֭צֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶ֣ה פָנֶ֑יךָ אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה בְ֝הָקִ֗יץ תְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

'Ănî bǝṣedeq 'eḥězeh fāneykā 'eśbǝ'āh bǝhāqîṣ tǝmûnātekā

Grammar Details

• *'Ănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *bǝṣedeq*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in righteousness
• *'eḥězeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will behold/gaze upon
• *fāneykā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *'eśbǝ'āh*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I will be satisfied
• *bǝhāqîṣ*: preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct - in awakening
• *tǝmûnātekā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your form/likeness

Word Meanings

• *bǝṣedeq*: in righteousness/justness/rightness
• *'eḥězeh*: I will behold/gaze upon/perceive
• *bǝhāqîṣ*: in awakening/when I awake
• *tǝmûnātekā*: your form/likeness/image/representation

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with your likeness.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  As for me, I shall behold{H2372} thy face{H6440} in righteousness;{H6664} I shall be satisfied,{H7646} when I awake,{H6974} with [beholding] thy form.{H8544}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  As for me, I will behold{H2372}{(H8799)} thy face{H6440} in righteousness{H6664}: I shall be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}, when I awake{H6974}{(H8687)}, with thy likeness{H8544}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They haue children at their desyre, and leaue the reste of their substauce for their babes. But as for me, I will beholde thy presence in rightuousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shal be satisfied.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I -- in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, `with' Thy form!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with `beholding' thy form. Psalm 18 For the Chief Musician. `A Psalm' of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As for me, I will see your face in righteousness: when I am awake it will be joy enough for me to see your form.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 11:7 : 7 For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
• Ps 16:11 : 11 You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
• Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
• Job 19:26-27 : 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God. 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
• Phil 3:21 : 21 who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, through the power that enables him to bring everything under his control.
• 1 John 3:2-3 : 2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
• Rev 21:3-4 : 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with humanity. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.' 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
• Rev 7:16-17 : 16 They will no longer hunger or thirst, nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any scorching heat. 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
• Ps 4:6-7 : 6 Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD. 7 Many say, 'Who will show us anything good?' Let the light of Your face shine upon us, O LORD.
• Ps 5:7 : 7 You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD detests the violent and deceitful.
• Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
• Matt 27:52-53 : 52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53 After His resurrection, they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 And we all, with unveiled faces, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this transformation comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
• Ps 36:8-9 : 8 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 9 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.
• Ps 65:4 : 4 Though our sins overwhelm us, you forgive our transgressions.
• Ps 119:111 : 111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
• Gen 1:26-27 : 26 Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground.' 27 So God created mankind in his own image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
• Num 12:8 : 8 With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'
• Josh 24:15 : 15 But if it seems undesirable to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve—whether the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.
• Job 14:12 : 12 so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.