Psalms 25:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי

Transliteration

ṣārôṯ lĕḇāḇî hirḥîḇû mimmĕṣûqôṯay hôṣîʾēnî

Grammar Details

• *ṣārôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'troubles of'
• *lĕḇāḇî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my heart'
• *hirḥîḇû*: verb, Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural - 'they have enlarged/expanded'
• *mimmĕṣûqôṯay*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'from my distresses'
• *hôṣîʾēnî*: verb, Hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'bring me out'

Word Meanings

• *ṣārôṯ*: troubles/distresses/adversities
• *lĕḇāḇî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self
• *hirḥîḇû*: they have enlarged/they have expanded/they have grown
• *mĕṣûqôṯay*: my distresses/my straits/my difficulties
• *hôṣîʾēnî*: bring me out/deliver me/rescue me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
• Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke{H8686)} me not in thy wrath: neither chasten{H8762)} me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth{H8802)} unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone{H8804)} over me.
• Ps 77:2-4 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}. 3 I remembered{H8799)} God, and was troubled{H8799)}: I complained{H8799)}, and my spirit was overwhelmed{H8691)}. Selah. 4 Thou holdest{H8804)} mine eyes waking: I am so troubled{H8738)} that I cannot speak{H8762)}.
• Ps 107:6 : 6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
• Hab 3:17-19 : 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
• 1 Cor 4:11-13 : 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;