Psalms 119:60

KJV1611 – Modern English

I made haste and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַ֭שְׁתִּי וְלֹ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ḥaštî and-not hiṯmahmāhtî to-šǝmōr miṣwōṯeykā

Grammar Details

• *ḥaštî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I hurried
• *wǝlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *hiṯmahmāhtî*: hithpalpel perfect 1st person singular - I delayed
• *lišǝmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to keep
• *miṣwōṯeykā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your commandments

Word Meanings

• *ḥaštî*: I hurried/hastened/made haste
• *hiṯmahmāhtî*: I delayed/hesitated/lingered
• *šǝmōr*: to keep/observe/obey

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I hurried and did not delay to keep Your commandments.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I made haste,{H2363} and delayed{H4102} not, To observe{H8104} thy commandments.{H4687}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I made haste{H2363}{(H8804)}, and delayed{H4102}{(H8701)} not to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thy commandments{H4687}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I make haist, and prolonge not the tyme, to kepe thy commaundemetes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I made haste and delaied not to keepe thy commandements.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I made haste and I made no delay: for to kepe thy commaundementes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I keep your commands eagerly and without delay.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 95:7-8 : 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if you will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
• Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
• Ezek 10:6-8 : 6 And it happened, that when he commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took it, and put it into the hands of the man clothed with linen, who took it and went out. 8 And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
• Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,