Psalms 119:175

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

May I live and praise you! May your regulations help me!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּֽחִי־נַ֭פְשִׁי וּֽתְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּ וּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥ךָ יַעֲזְרֻֽנִי

Transliteration

Təḥî-nap̄šî ûtəhaləleḵā ûmišpāṭeḵā yaʿăzrunî

Grammar Details

• *təḥî*: qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular jussive - let live
• *nap̄šî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *təhaləleḵā*: piel imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - she will praise you
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your judgments
• *yaʿăzrunî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they will help me

Word Meanings

• *təḥî*: let live/remain alive/be preserved alive
• *nap̄šî*: my soul/self/life/person/desire
• *təhaləleḵā*: she will praise you/laud you/commend you
• *mišpāṭeḵā*: your judgments/ordinances/decisions/justice
• *yaʿăzrunî*: they will help me/assist me/support me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:13-14 : 13 when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death! 14 Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance.”
• Ps 30:9 : 9 “What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
• Ps 51:14-15 : 14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.
• Ps 118:18-19 : 18 The LORD severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death. 19 Open for me the gates of the just king’s temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
• Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, LORD, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me.
• Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, as your judgments unfold, O LORD, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow. 9 I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
• Isa 38:19 : 19 The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David.
• Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
• 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison