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Psalms 143:12

And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

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וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮uvechasdekhaand in kindnessחֵסֵדconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and in 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.תַּצְמִ֪יתtatsmitconsumeצָמַתverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “consume”, an unfinished actionH6789to extirpate (literally or figuratively)consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.אֹ֫יְבָ֥יoyevayenemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּvehaavadtaand destroyאָבַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH6properly, 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.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).צֹרֲרֵ֣יtsorareadversaryצָרַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “adversary”, a verb used as a describing wordH6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitiveadversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.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,…כִּ֝֗יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…אֲנִ֣יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.עַבְדֶּֽךָavdekhaservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that harass my soul; for I am Thy servant.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.

Young’s Literal Translation

And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I [am] Thy servant!

World English Bible

In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am your servant.

Darby Translation

And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.

Douay-Rheims

Whose sons are as new plants in their youth: Their daughters decked out, adorned round about after the similitude of a temple:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And in Thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that harass my soul; for I am Thy servant.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy mine enemies, and wilt destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am thy servant.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐλέει σου ἐξολοθρεύσεις τοὺς ἐχθρούς μου, καὶ ἀπολεῖς πάντας τοὺς θλίβοντας τὴν ψυχήν μου, ὅτι δοῦλός σου εἰμὶ ἐγώ.