Psalms 119:25

ד (Dalet)

119:25 I collapse in the dirt. ¹ 

Revive me with your word! ² 

Psalms 119:88

119:88 Revive me with ³  your loyal love,

that I might keep ⁴  the rules you have revealed. ⁵ 

Psalms 143:11

143:11 O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, ⁶  revive me! ⁷ 

Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble! ⁸ 

[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.”

[119:88]  ³ tn Heb “according to.”

[119:88]  ⁴ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:88]  ⁵ tn Heb “of your mouth.”

[143:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[143:11]  ⁷ tn The imperfect verbal forms in vv. 11-12a are understood as expressing the psalmist’s desire. Note the petitionary tone of vv. 7-10a.

[143:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “by your justice bring out my life from trouble.”