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Psalms 119:159

Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

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רְ֭אֵהreehseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “see”, a commandH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָfiqudeykhacommandmentפִּקּוּדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)commandment, precept, statute.אָהָ֑בְתִּיahavetiloveאָהַבverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “love”, a completed actionH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.יְ֝הוָ֗הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).כְּֽחַסְדְּךָ֥kechasdekhaas kindnessחֵסֵדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as kindness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beautyfavour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.חַיֵּֽנִיchayeniliveחָיָהverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “live”, a commandH2421to 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Consider how I love thy precepts: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy lovingkindness.

Young’s Literal Translation

See, for thy precepts I have loved, Jehovah, According to Thy kindness quicken me.

World English Bible

Consider how I love your precepts. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your loving kindness.

Darby Translation

See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, I have loved thy commandments, O Lord: quicken me in thy mercy.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἴδε ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου ἠγάπησα Κύριε, ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου ζῆσόν με.