Mazmur 119:25

ד (Dalet)

119:25 I collapse in the dirt. ¹ 

Revive me with your word! ² 

Mazmur 119:37

119:37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! ³ 

Revive me with your word! ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:40

119:40 Look, I long for your precepts.

Revive me with your deliverance! ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:88

119:88 Revive me with ⁶  your loyal love,

that I might keep ⁷  the rules you have revealed. ⁸ 

Mazmur 119:107

119:107 I am suffering terribly.

O Lord, revive me with your word! ⁹ 

Mazmur 119:149

119:149 Listen to me ¹⁰  because of ¹¹  your loyal love!

O Lord, revive me, as you typically do! ¹² 

Mazmur 119:154

119:154 Fight for me ¹³  and defend me! ¹⁴ 

Revive me with your word!

Mazmur 119:156

119:156 Your compassion is great, O Lord.

Revive me, as you typically do! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 119:159

119:159 See how I love your precepts!

O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!

[119:25]  ¹ tn Heb “my soul clings to the dirt.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[119:25]  ² tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:37]  ³ tn Heb “Make my eyes pass by from looking at what is worthless.”

[119:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “by your word.”

[119:40]  ⁵ tn Or “righteousness.”

[119:88]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to.”

[119:88]  ⁷ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:88]  ⁸ tn Heb “of your mouth.”

[119:107]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:149]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my voice.”

[119:149]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to.”

[119:149]  ¹² tn Heb “according to your custom.”

[119:154]  ¹³ tn Or “argue my case.”

[119:154]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and redeem me.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Ps 19:14).

[119:156]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “according to your customs.”