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Psalms 119:17

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

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גְּמֹ֖לgemolrequiteגָּמַלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “requite”, a commandH1580to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to weanbestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, [phrase] serve, mean, yield.עַֽלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עַבְדְּךָ֥avdekhaservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.אֶֽחְיֶ֗הechyehliveחָיָהverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “live”, a determination or requestH2421to 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.וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥הveeshmerahand bewardשָׁמַרconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and beward”, a determination or requestH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).דְבָרֶֽךָdevarekhacauseדָּבָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cause”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a causeact, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dea…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, and I will observe Thy word.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

Young’s Literal Translation

[Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.

World English Bible

Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

Darby Translation

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, and I will observe Thy word.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Render a recompence to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνταπόδος τῷ δούλῳ σου, ζήσομαι καὶ φυλάξω τοὺς λόγους σου.