Psalms 119:43

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽאַל־תַּצֵּ֬ל מִפִּ֣י דְבַר־אֱמֶ֣ת עַד־מְאֹ֑ד כִּ֖י לְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣ךָ יִחָֽלְתִּי׃

Transliteration

And-not-taṣṣēl from-pî ḏǝḇar-ʾĕmeṯ until-mǝʾōḏ for to-mišpāṭeḵā yiḥāltî

Grammar Details

• *wǝʾal-taṣṣēl*: conjunction + negative particle + hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular jussive - and do not take away
• *mippî*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - from my mouth
• *dǝḇar-ʾĕmeṯ*: masculine singular construct + feminine singular noun - word of truth
• *ʿaḏ-mǝʾōḏ*: preposition + adverb - until greatly/completely
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *lǝmišpāṭeḵā*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for your judgments
• *yiḥāltî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I wait/hope

Word Meanings

• *taṣṣēl*: snatch away/remove/take away
• *ʿaḏ-mǝʾōḏ*: utterly/completely/exceedingly
• *yiḥāltî*: I wait for/I hope in/I have hoped

Referenced Verses

• Ps 7:6-9 : 6 Stand up angrily, LORD! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them! 7 The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them! 8 The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One! 9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
• Ps 9:4 : 4 For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions.(Higgaion. Selah)
• Ps 43:1 : 1 Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
• Ps 50:16 : 16 God says this to the evildoer:“How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?
• 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 71:17-18 : 17 O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. 18 Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power.
• Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
• Ps 119:52 : 52 I remember your ancient regulations, O LORD, and console myself.
• Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
• Ps 119:175 : 175 May I live and praise you! May your regulations help me!
• Isa 59:21 : 21 “As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the LORD.“My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the LORD.
• Eph 1:13 : 13 And when you heard the word of truth(the gospel of your salvation)– when you believed in Christ– you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit,
• Jas 1:18 : 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.