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Psalms 119:121

I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

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עָ֭שִׂיתִיasitidoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…מִשְׁפָּ֣טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…וָצֶ֑דֶקvatsedeqand rightצֶדֶקconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and right”, the ordinary formH6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity[idiom] even, ([idiom] that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).בַּלballestבַּלparticle, negative — “lest”H1077properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lestlest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.תַּ֝נִּיחֵ֗נִיtanichenibestowיָנַחverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bestow”, an unfinished actionH3240to deposit; by implication, to allow to staybestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any di…לְעֹֽשְׁקָֽיleosheqayto defraudעָשַׁקpreposition, verb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to defraud”, a verb used as a describing wordH6231to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflowget deceitfully, deceive, defraud, drink up, (use) oppress(-ion), -or), do violence (wrong).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

AIN. I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to mine oppressors.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have done justice and righteousness: Leave me not to mine oppressors.

Young’s Literal Translation

[Ain.] I have done judgment and righteousness, Leave me not to mine oppressors.

World English Bible

I have done what is just and righteous. Don’t leave me to my oppressors.

Darby Translation

AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

AIN. I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to mine oppressors.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐποίησα κρίμα καὶ δικαιοσύνην, μὴ παραδῷς με τοῖς ἀδικοῦσί με.