Psalms 119:87

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֭מְעַט כִּלּ֣וּנִי בָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝אֲנִ֗י לֹא־עָזַ֥בְתִּי פִקֻּודֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

Almost kimʿaṭ they have destroyed me killûnî on the earth bāʾāreṣ; but I waʾănî not lōʾ have forsaken ʿāzaḇtî your precepts p̄iqqûḏêḵā.

Grammar Details

*kimʿaṭ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - almost/nearly
*killûnî*: piel perfect 3rd person common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have destroyed me
*bāʾāreṣ*: preposition + noun feminine singular - on the earth/in the land
*waʾănî*: conjunction + 1st person singular pronoun - but I/and I
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿāzaḇtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have forsaken
*p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts

Word Meanings

*kimʿaṭ*: almost/nearly/within a little
*killûnî*: they have destroyed me/they have consumed me/they have finished me
*bāʾāreṣ*: on the earth/in the land/in this world
*ʿāzaḇtî*: I have forsaken/I have abandoned/I have left
*p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: your precepts/your commands/your instructions

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
1 Sam 23:26-27 : 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
1 Sam 24:6-7 : 6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. 7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
1 Sam 26:9 : 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
1 Sam 26:24 : 24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
2 Sam 17:16 : 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Ps 119:51 : 51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Ps 119:61 : 61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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