King James Version

Psalms 25:20

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

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שָׁמְרָ֣הshamerahbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “beward”, a commandH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).נַ֭פְשִׁיnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, 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,…וְהַצִּילֵ֑נִיvehatsileniand defendנָצַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and defend”, a commandH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.אֵ֝ב֗וֹשׁevoshbe confoundedבּוּשׁverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “be confounded”, a determination or requestH954properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.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…חָסִ֥יתִיchasitihave hopeחָסָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “have hope”, a completed actionH2620to flee for protection; figuratively, to confide inhave hope, make refuge, (put) trust.בָֽךְvakheinבָֽךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in Thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

Keep my soul, and deliver me, Let me not be ashamed, for I trusted in Thee.

World English Bible

Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you.

Darby Translation

Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I trust in thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I have taken refuge in Thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φύλαξον τὴν ψυχήν μου καὶ ῥῦσαί με· μὴ καταισχυνθείην, ὅτι ἤλπισα ἐπὶ σέ.