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שִׁיר
shir
[the] song of
noun · construct
הַמַּעֲלוֹת
ha·ma·'a·lot
the ascents
noun · absolute
מִמַּעֲמַקִּים
mi·ma·'a·ma·kim
from [the] depths
noun · absolute
קְרָאתִיךָ
ke·ra·ti·cha
I call out to you
verb · qal · perfect
יְהוָה
yah·weh
O Yahweh
noun
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
אֲדֹנָי
'a·do·nai
O Lord
noun
שִׁמְעָה
shim·'ah
listen
verb · qal · imperative
בְקוֹלִי
ve·ko·li
to voice my
noun · construct
תִּהְיֶינָה
tih·yei·nah
may they be
verb · qal · imperfect
אָזְנֶיךָ
'a·ze·nei·kha
ears your
noun · construct
קַשֻּׁבוֹת
ka·shu·vot
attentive
adjective · absolute
לְקוֹל
le·kol
to [the] sound of
noun · construct
תַּחֲנוּנָי
ta·cha·nu·nai
supplications my
noun · construct
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
אִם־
'im-
if
particle
עֲוֹנוֹת
a·vo·not
iniquities
noun · absolute
תִּשְׁמָר־
tish·mor-
you will keep
verb · qal · imperfect
יָהּ
yah
O Yahweh
noun
אֲדֹנָי
'a·do·nai
O Lord
noun
מִי
mi
who
pronoun
יַעֲמֹד
ya·'a·mod
will he stand
verb · qal · imperfect
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
כִּי־
ki-
for
particle
עִמְּךָ
'i·me·kha
[is] with you
preposition
הַסְּלִיחָה
ha·se·li·chah
(the) forgiveness
noun · absolute
לְמַעַן
le·ma·'an
so that
particle
תִּוָּרֵא
ti·va·re'
you may be feared
verb · niphal · imperfect
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
קִוִּיתִי
ki·vi·ti
I wait for
verb · piel · perfect
יְהוָה
yah·weh
Yahweh
noun
קִוְּתָה
ki·ve·tah
it waits
verb · piel · perfect
נַפְשִׁי
naf·shi
self my
noun · construct
וְלִדְבָרוֹ
ve·lid·va·ro
and for word his
noun · construct
הוֹחָלְתִּי
ho·chal·ti
I hope
verb · hiphil · perfect
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
נַפְשִׁי
naf·shi
self my
noun · construct
לַאדֹנָי
la·do·nai
for [the] Lord
noun
מִשֹּׁמְרִים
mi·sho·me·rim
more than watchmen
verb · qal · participle
לַבֹּקֶר
la·bo·ker
for the morning
noun · absolute
שֹׁמְרִים
sho·me·rim
watchmen
verb · qal · participle
לַבֹּקֶר
la·bo·ker
for the morning
noun · absolute
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning.
יַחֵל
ya·chel
hope
verb · piel · imperative
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yis·ra·'el
O Israel
noun
אֶל־
'el-
to
preposition
יְהוָה
yah·weh
Yahweh
noun
כִּי־
ki-
for
particle
עִם־
'im-
[is] with
preposition
יְהוָה
yah·weh
Yahweh
noun
הַחֶסֶד
ha·che·sed
(the) covenant loyalty
noun · absolute
וְהַרְבֵּה
ve·har·beh
and great
verb · hiphil · infinitive
עִמּוֹ
i·mo
[is] with him
preposition
פְדוּת
fe·dut
redemption
noun · absolute
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
וְהוּא
ve·hu'
and he
pronoun
יִפְדֶּה
yif·deh
he will redeem
verb · qal · imperfect
אֶת־
'et-
(marks the object)
object indicator
יִשְׂרָאֵל
yis·ra·'el
Israel
noun
מִכֹּל
mi·kol
from all
noun · construct
עֲוֹנֹתָיו
'a·vo·no·tav
iniquities its
noun · construct
And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Psalms 129
Psalms 131
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English: Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Grammar from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Sentence structure and references from MACULA Greek and Hebrew (Biblica / Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meaning groups from the UBS MARBLE Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Greek, based on Louw & Nida. Words marked with a dotted line are found in only some manuscripts.