Psalms 40:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Withhold{H8799)} not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve{H8799)} me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צִדְקָתְךָ֬ לֹא־כִסִּ֨יתִי ׀ בְּת֬וֹךְ לִבִּ֗י אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ וּתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣ אָמָ֑רְתִּי לֹא־כִחַ֥דְתִּי חַסְדְּךָ֥ וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ לְקָהָ֥ל רָֽב

Transliteration

Your ṣidqātəḵā lōʾ-ḵissîtî within my libbî, your ʾĕmûnātəḵā ûtəšûʿātəḵā ʾāmārtî; lōʾ-ḵiḥadtî your ḥasdəḵā waʾămittəḵā to qāhāl rāb

Grammar Details

*ṣidqātəḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your righteousness'
*lōʾ-ḵissîtî*: negation + Piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have not concealed'
*libbî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my heart'
*ʾĕmûnātəḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your faithfulness'
*ûtəšûʿātəḵā*: conjunction + feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'and your salvation'
*ʾāmārtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have spoken/declared'
*lōʾ-ḵiḥadtî*: negation + Piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have not hidden'
*ḥasdəḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your lovingkindness'
*waʾămittəḵā*: conjunction + feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'and your truth'
*qāhāl rāb*: masculine singular noun + masculine singular adjective - 'great assembly/congregation'

Word Meanings

*ṣidqātəḵā*: your righteousness/your justice/your righteous acts
*ḵissîtî*: I concealed/I covered/I hid
*ʾĕmûnātəḵā*: your faithfulness/your reliability/your steadfastness
*təšûʿātəḵā*: your salvation/your deliverance/your help
*ḵiḥadtî*: I hid/I concealed/I kept back
*ḥasdəḵā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy/your covenant loyalty
*ʾămittəḵā*: your truth/your faithfulness/your reliability

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 43:3 : 3 O send out{H8798)} thy light and thy truth: let them lead{H8686)} me; let them bring{H8686)} me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Ps 57:3 : 3 He shall send{H8799)} from heaven, and save{H8686)} me from the reproach{H8765)} of him that would swallow me up{H8802)}. Selah. God shall send forth{H8799)} his mercy and his truth.
Ps 61:7 : 7 He shall abide{H8799)} before God for ever: O prepare{H8761)} mercy and truth, which may preserve{H8799)} him.
Prov 20:28 : 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Ps 23:6 : 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Ps 69:13 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear{H8798)} me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Ps 69:16 : 16 Hear{H8798)} me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn{H8798)} unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
Ps 85:10 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together{H8738)}; righteousness and peace have kissed{H8804)} each other.

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