Psalms 119:175

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּֽחִי־נַ֭פְשִׁי וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּ וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥ךָ יַעֲזְרֻֽנִי

Transliteration

Təḥî-nap̄šî ûtəhaləleḵā ûmišpāṭeḵā yaʿăzrunî

Grammar Details

• *təḥî*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular jussive - let live
• *nap̄šî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *təhaləleḵā*: piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - she will praise you
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments
• *yaʿăzrunî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they will help me

Word Meanings

• *təḥî*: let live/remain alive/be preserved alive
• *nap̄šî*: my soul/self/life/person/desire
• *təhaləleḵā*: she will praise you/laud you/commend you
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: your judgments/ordinances/decisions/justice
• *yaʿăzrunî*: they will help me/assist me/support me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:13-14 : 13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: 14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
• Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
• Ps 51:14-15 : 14 Deliver{H8685)} me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud{H8762)} of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open{H8799)} thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth{H8686)} thy praise.
• Ps 118:18-19 : 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
• Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
• Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
• Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;