Psalms

Psalm 119:76–78

⁷⁶May Your loving devotion comfort me, I pray,

according to Your promise to Your servant.

⁷⁷May Your compassion come to me, that I may live,

for Your law is my delight.

⁷⁸May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie;

I will meditate on Your precepts.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May	יְהִי־	yə·hî-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
Your loving devotion	חַסְדְּךָ֣	ḥas·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
comfort me	לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִי	lə·na·ḥă·mê·nî	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5162 be sorry, console
I pray	נָ֣א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
according to Your promise	כְּאִמְרָתְךָ֥	kə·’im·rā·ṯə·ḵā	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H565 utterance, speech, word
to Your servant	לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃	lə·‘aḇ·de·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H5650 slave, servant

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May Your compassion	רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ	ra·ḥă·me·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H7356 womb
come to me	יְבֹא֣וּנִי	yə·ḇō·’ū·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
that I may live	וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה	wə·’eḥ·yeh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H2421 live
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
Your law	תֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗	ṯō·w·rā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
my delight	שַֽׁעֲשֻׁעָֽי׃	ša·‘ă·šu·‘āy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H8191 enjoyment

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
May the arrogant	זֵ֭דִים	zê·ḏîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H2086 insolent, presumptuous
be put to shame	יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ	yê·ḇō·šū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H954 be ashamed
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
subverting me	עִוְּת֑וּנִי	‘iw·wə·ṯū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H5791 be bent, crooked
with a lie	שֶׁ֣קֶר	še·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood
I	אֲ֝נִ֗י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will meditate	אָשִׂ֥יחַ	’ā·śî·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7878 muse, complain
on Your precepts	בְּפִקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃	bə·p̄iq·qū·ḏe·ḵā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6490 precept

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 119:76 Psalm 106:4–5 · 2 Corinthians 1:3–5 · Psalm 86:5

Psalm 119:77 Psalm 119:174 · Lamentations 3:22–23 · Psalm 1:2 · Psalm 119:41 · Psalm 119:24 · Psalm 119:47

Psalm 119:78 1 Peter 2:20 · Psalm 119:51 · Psalm 119:23 · Psalm 25:3 · John 15:25 · Psalm 119:85–86 · Psalm 109:3 · Psalm 69:4 · Psalm 35:7 · Psalm 1:2 · 1 Samuel 26:18 · Jeremiah 50:32

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.