Psalms 119:94

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I `am' Thine, save Thou me, For Thy precepts I have sought.

📖 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 up unto me, and help me, and we smite Gibeon, for it hath made peace with Joshua, and with the sons of Israel.' 5 And five kings of the Amorite (the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon) are gathered together, and go up, they and all their camps, and encamp against Gibeon, and fight against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, `Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us `with' haste, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.'
• Ps 86:2 : 2 Keep my soul, for I `am' pious, Save Thy servant -- who is trusting to Thee, O Thou, my God.
• Ps 119:27 : 27 The way of Thy precepts cause me to understand, And I meditate in Thy wonders.
• Ps 119:40 : 40 Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
• Ps 119:173 : 173 Thy hand is for a help to me, For Thy commands I have chosen.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 -- And thou, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham, My lover, 9 Whom I have taken hold of, from the ends of the earth, And from its near places I have called thee, And I say to thee, My servant Thou `art', I have chosen thee, and not rejected thee. 10 Be not afraid, for with thee I `am', Look not around, for I `am' thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.
• Isa 44:2 : 2 Thus said Jehovah, thy Maker, and thy Former, From the womb He doth help thee; Fear not, my servant Jacob, And Jeshurun, whom I have fixed on.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 This `one' saith, For Jehovah I `am', And this calleth `himself' by the name of Jacob, And this `one' writeth `with' his hand, `For Jehovah,' and by the name of Israel surnameth himself.
• Isa 64:8-9 : 8 And now, O Jehovah, thou `art' our Father, We `are' the clay, and Thou our Framer, And the work of Thy hand -- all of us. 9 Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people `are' we all. 10 Thy holy cities have been a wilderness, Zion a wilderness hath been, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 Jehovah thy God `is' in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'
• Acts 27:23-24 : 23 for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve -- 24 saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;