Psalms 25:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּנֵה־אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי־יָחִ֖יד וְעָנִ֣י אָֽנִי

Transliteration

pĕnēh-ʾēlay wĕḥānnēnî kî-yāḥîḏ wĕʿānî ʾānî

Grammar Details

• *pĕnēh*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - 'turn'
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'to me'
• *wĕḥānnēnî*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'and be gracious to me'
• *kî*: conjunction - 'for/because'
• *yāḥîḏ*: adjective, masculine singular - 'alone/solitary'
• *wĕʿānî*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - 'and afflicted'
• *ʾānî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'

Word Meanings

• *pĕnēh*: turn/face/regard
• *ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/show me favor/have mercy on me
• *yāḥîḏ*: alone/solitary/lonely/only
• *ʿānî*: afflicted/poor/humble

Referenced Verses

• Ps 86:16 : 16 O turn{H8798)} unto me, and have mercy{H8798)} upon me; give{H8798)} thy strength unto thy servant, and save{H8685)} the son of thine handmaid.
• Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
• Dan 9:17 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
• Mic 7:19 : 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• Mark 15:33-35 : 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
• Ps 88:15-18 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}. 17 They came round about{H8804)} me daily like water; they compassed{H8689)} me about together. 18 Lover{H8802)} and friend hast thou put far{H8689)} from me, and mine acquaintance{H8794)} into darkness.
• Ps 60:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach{H8763)}; when he strove{H8687)} with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned{H8799)}, and smote{H8686)} of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off{H8804)}, thou hast scattered{H8804)} us, thou hast been displeased{H8804)}; O turn thyself to us again{H8787)}.
• Ps 69:14-20 : 14 Deliver{H8685)} me out of the mire, and let me not sink{H8799)}: let me be delivered{H8735)} from them that hate{H8802)} me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow{H8799)} me, neither let the deep swallow me up{H8799)}, and let not the pit shut{H8799)} her mouth upon me. 16 Hear{H8798)} me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn{H8798)} unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. 17 And hide{H8686)} not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble{H8804)}: hear{H8798)} me speedily. 18 Draw nigh{H8798)} unto my soul, and redeem{H8798)} it: deliver{H8798)} me because of mine enemies{H8802)}. 19 Thou hast known{H8804)} my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries{H8802)} are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.