King James Version

Psalms 119:92

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

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לוּלֵ֣יluleifלוּלֵאconjunction — “if”H3884if notexcept, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.ת֭וֹרָתְךָtoratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, 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.שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑יshaashuaydelightשַׁעְשֻׁעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “delight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8191enjoymentdelight, pleasure.אָ֝֗זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.אָבַ֥דְתִּיavadtidestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.בְעָנְיִֽיveaneyiin afflictedעֳנִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in afflicted”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6040depression, i.e. miseryafflicted(-ion), trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Unless Thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Young’s Literal Translation

Unless Thy law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

World English Bible

Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

Darby Translation

Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Unless Thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ μὴ ὅτι ὁ νόμος σου μελέτη μου ἐστὶ, τότε ἂν ἀπωλόμην ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει μου.