King James Version

Psalms 119:116

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

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סָמְכֵ֣נִיsamekheniholdסָמַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hold”, a commandH5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.כְאִמְרָתְךָ֣kheimratekhaas commandmentאִמְרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH565{something said}commandment, speech, word.וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑הveechyehand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and live”, an unfinished actionH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.וְאַלvealand notאַלconjunction, particle, negative — “and not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּ֝בִישֵׁ֗נִיtevishenibe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “be confounded”, a wish or indirect commandH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.מִשִּׂבְרִֽיmisivrifrom hopeשֵׂבֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from hope”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7664expectationhope.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live; And let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope.

World English Bible

Uphold me according to your word, that I may live. Let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Darby Translation

Uphold me according to thy *word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live; and put me not to shame in my hope.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Uphold me according to thy word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀντιλαβοῦ μου κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου, καὶ ζῆσόν με, καὶ μὴ καταισχύνῃς με ἀπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας μου.