King James Version

Psalms 119:77

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.

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יְבֹא֣וּנִיyevounito comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…רַחֲמֶ֣יךָrachameykhacompassionרַחַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “compassion”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7356compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maidenbowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑הveechyehand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and live”, an unfinished actionH2421to 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.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…תֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗toratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.שַֽׁעֲשֻׁעָֽיshaashuaydelightשַׁעְשֻׁעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “delight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8191enjoymentdelight, pleasure.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for Thy law is my delight.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.

Young’s Literal Translation

Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.

World English Bible

Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.

Darby Translation

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for Thy law is my delight.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let thy compassions come to me, that I may live: for thy law is my meditation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐλθέτωσάν μοι οἱ οἰκτιρμοί σου, καὶ ζήσομαι, ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μου ἐστίν.