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Psalms 119:76

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.

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יְהִיyehibeהָיָהverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a wish or indirect commandH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.נָ֣אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.חַסְדְּךָ֣chasdekhakindnessחֵסֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “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.לְנַחֲמֵ֑נִיlenachamenito comfortנָחַםpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to comfort”, the to-form of the verbH5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).כְּאִמְרָתְךָ֥keimratekhaas 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.לְעַבְדֶּֽךָleavdekhato servantעֶבֶדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let, I pray Thee, Thy lovingkindness be ready to comfort me, according to Thy promise unto Thy servant.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.

Young’s Literal Translation

Let, I pray Thee, Thy kindness be to comfort me, According to Thy saying to Thy servant.

World English Bible

Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

Darby Translation

Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy *word unto thy servant.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let, I pray Thee, Thy lovingkindness be ready to comfort me, according to Thy promise unto Thy servant.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let, I pray thee, thy mercy be to comfort me, according to thy word to thy servant.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γενηθήτω δὴ τὸ ἔλεός σου τοῦ παρακαλέσαι με, κατὰ τὸ λόγιόν σου τῷ δούλῳ σου.