Psalms 109:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

O sovereign LORD, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֤ה ׀ יְה֘וִ֤ה אֲדֹנָ֗י עֲ‍ֽשֵׂה־אִ֭תִּי לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּי־ט֥וֹב חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And-ʾattâ YHWH ʾădōnāy ʿăśēh-with-me for-the-sake-of šəmekā for ṭôb ḥasdəkā haṣṣîlēnî.

Grammar Details

• *ʾattâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
• *ʿăśēh*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - do/act
• *šəmekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name
• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - good
• *ḥasdəkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your steadfast love
• *haṣṣîlēnî*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - deliver me

Word Meanings

• *ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/my Master
• *ʿăśēh*-with-me: act on my behalf/deal with me/work for me
• *ḥasdəkā*: your steadfast love/your mercy/your covenant loyalty

Referenced Verses

• Ps 25:11 : 11 For the sake of your reputation, O LORD, forgive my sin, because it is great.
• Ps 31:3 : 3 For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.
• Ps 63:3 : 3 Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.
• Ps 69:16 : 16 Answer me, O LORD, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me!
• Ps 79:9-9 : 9 Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! 10 Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?” Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!
• Ps 86:5 : 5 Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.
• Ps 143:11-12 : 11 O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble! 12 As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.
• John 17:1 : 1 Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said,“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you–
• Phil 2:8-9 : 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross! 9 As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
• Ps 69:29 : 29 I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!
• Ps 36:7-9 : 7 How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings. 8 They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies. 9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
• Ps 23:3 : 3 He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.