Psalms 119:94

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I belong to you. Deliver me! For I seek your precepts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְֽךָ־אֲ֭נִי הוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ דָרָֽשְׁתִּי׃

Transliteration

Yours ləḵā am I ʾănî; save me hôšîʿēnî; for kî your precepts p̄iqqûḏêḵā I have sought ḏārāštî.

Grammar Details

• *ləḵā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you/yours
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I/myself
• *hôšîʿēnî*: hiphil imperative masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - save me
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: masculine plural construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
• *ḏārāštî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have sought

Word Meanings

• *ləḵā*: yours/belonging to you
• *hôšîʿēnî*: save me/deliver me/rescue me
• *p̄iqqûḏêḵā*: your precepts/your commands/your instructions
• *ḏārāštî*: I have sought/I have searched for/I have inquired about

Referenced Verses

• Josh 10:4-6 : 4 “Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.” 5 So the five Amorite kings(the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon. 6 The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal,“Do not abandon your subjects! Come up here quickly and rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us.”
• Ps 86:2 : 2 Protect me, for I am loyal! You are my God; deliver your servant who trusts in you!
• Ps 119:27 : 27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings.
• Ps 119:40 : 40 Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!
• Ps 119:173 : 173 May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 The Lord Encourages His People“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend, 9 you whom I am bringing back from the earth’s extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions– I told you,“You are my servant.” I have chosen you and not rejected you. 10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you– yes, I help you– yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
• Isa 44:2 : 2 This is what the LORD, the one who made you, says– the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One will say,‘I belong to the LORD,’ and another will use the name‘Jacob.’ One will write on his hand,‘The LORD’s,’ and use the name‘Israel.’”
• Isa 64:8-9 : 8 Yet, LORD, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor. 9 LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us! 10 Your chosen cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem, a desolate ruin.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
• Acts 27:23-24 : 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me 24 and said,‘Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.’