King James Version

Psalms 119:25

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

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דָּֽבְקָ֣הdaveqahabide fastדָּבַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “abide fast”, a completed actionH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.לֶעָפָ֣רleafarto dustעָפָרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to dust”, the ordinary formH6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mudashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…חַ֝יֵּ֗נִיchayeniliveחָיָהverb, 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.כִּדְבָרֶֽךָkidvarekhaas causeדָּבָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as 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)

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My soul cleaveth unto the dust: Quicken thou me according to thy word.

Young’s Literal Translation

[Daleth.] Cleaved to the dust hath my soul, Quicken me according to Thy word.

World English Bible

My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word!

Darby Translation

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust; quicken Thou me according to Thy word.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken thou me according to thy word.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκολλήθη τῷ ἐδάφει ἡ ψυχή μου, ζῆσόν με κατὰ τὸ λόγον σου.