Psalms 143:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי בְּצִדְקָתְךָ֓ ׀ תּוֹצִ֖יא מִצָּרָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

For lema'an-šimḵā YHWH teḥayyēnî; in beṣiḏqāṯeḵā tôṣî' from miṣṣārāh nap̄šî.

Grammar Details

• *lema'an-šimḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - for sake of your name
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *teḥayyēnî*: piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you will preserve me alive
• *beṣiḏqāṯeḵā*: preposition bet + noun, feminine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your righteousness
• *tôṣî'*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will bring out
• *miṣṣārāh*: preposition min + noun, feminine, singular - from distress
• *nap̄šî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

• *lema'an-šimḵā*: for your name's sake/because of your name/for the sake of your reputation
• *teḥayyēnî*: preserve me alive/give me life/revive me
• *beṣiḏqāṯeḵā*: in your righteousness/by your justice
• *tôṣî'*: bring out/lead out/free
• *miṣṣārāh*: from distress/from trouble/from adversity
• *nap̄šî*: my soul/my life/myself

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:25 : 25 ד(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!
• Ps 31:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O LORD, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me!
• Ps 71:2 : 2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!
• Ps 85:6 : 6 Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!
• Ps 91:15-16 : 15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor. 16 I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation.
• Ps 34:19 : 19 The godly face many dangers, but the LORD saves them from each one of them.
• Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But the LORD delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble. 40 The LORD helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection.
• Ps 9:7-8 : 7 But the LORD rules forever; he reigns in a just manner. 8 He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 For the sake of your reputation, O LORD, forgive my sin, because it is great.
• Ps 25:17 : 17 Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!
• Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
• Ps 119:40 : 40 Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!
• Ps 119:88 : 88 Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed.
• Ps 119:107 : 107 I am suffering terribly. O LORD, revive me with your word!
• Ps 138:7 : 7 Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
• Ps 143:1 : 1 A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!
• Hab 3:2 : 2 LORD, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, LORD, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–
• Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”