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Psalms 119:83

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…הָ֭יִיתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to 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.כְּנֹ֣אדkenodas bottleנֹאדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as bottle”, the ordinary formH4997a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)bottle.בְּקִיט֑וֹרbeqitorin smokeקִיטוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in smoke”, the ordinary formH7008a fume, i.e. cloudsmoke, vapour.חֻ֝קֶּ֗יךָchuqeykhaappointedחֹקnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שָׁכָֽחְתִּיshakhachetiforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; yet do I not forget Thy statutes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes.

Young’s Literal Translation

For I have been as a bottle in smoke, Thy statutes I have not forgotten.

World English Bible

For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.

Darby Translation

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; yet do I not forget Thy statutes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἐγενήθην ὡς ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ· τὰ δικαιώματά σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.