| Dust-cleaved is my being give me life according to your word | דָּבְקָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשִׁי חַיֵּנִי כִּדְבָרֶךָ | |
| Declared have I my ways and you heard me teach me your statutes | דְּרָכַי סִפַּרְתִּי וַתַּעֲנֵנִי לַמְּדֵנִי חֻקֶּיךָ | |
| Direct my discernment in the way of your precepts and I will meditate on your wonderful works | דֶּרֶךְ פִּקּוּדֶיךָ הֲבִינֵנִי וְאָשִׂיחָה בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ | |
| Drips my being with grief strengthen me according to your word | דָּלְפָה נַפְשִׁי מִתּוּגָה קַיְּמֵנִי כִּדְבָרֶךָ | |
| Deceitful way remove from me and grace me with your teaching | דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁקֶר הָסֵר מִמֶּנִּי וְתוֹרָתְךָ חָנֵּנִי | |
| Deliberated have I a way of faith I have agreed with your judgments | דֶּרֶךְ אֱמוּנָה בָחָרְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ שִׁוִּיתִי | |
| Determined I cleave to your testimonies יְהוָה do not put me to shame | דָּבַקְתִּי בְעֵדְוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָה אַל תְּבִישֵׁנִי | |
| Direct by your commandments I will run for you enlarge my heart | דֶּרֶךְ מִצְוֹתֶיךָ אָרוּץ כִּי תַרְחִיב לִבִּי |
Details
| dabqah | דָּבְקָה | cleaved is | cleaved repeats in the 7th line, qal perfect 3rd person feminine agreeing with נפש |
| le`apar | לֶעָפָר | Dust | Dust - good stuff - loved by Hashem, there is a preposition here of course |
| nàpshy | נַפְשִׁי | my being | me - dust - I cleave to other things too - see 7th verse |
| xàyény | חַיֵּנִי | give me life | piel imperative with object pronomial suffix |
| kidbareka | כִּדְבָרֶךָ | according to your word | preposition+singular noun+possessive pronoun |
| drakày | דְּרָכַי | my ways | plural noun with possessive first person pronoun |
| sipàrty | סִפַּרְתִּי | Declared I have | first person qal perfect |
| vàtà`anény | וַתַּעֲנֵנִי | and you heard me | conjunction+imperfect second person+first person pronoun as object |
| làmdény | לַמְּדֵנִי | Teach me | imperative+first person pronoun as object |
| xuqeyka | חֻקֶּיךָ | your statutes | plural with second person possessive pronoun |
| derek piqvudeyka | דֶּרֶךְ פִּקּוּדֶיךָ | the way of your precepts | definite from personal pronoun affixed to plural noun |
| habynény | הֲבִינֵנִי | Direct my discernment | Hiphil (causative) imperative - make me to understand with object pronomial suffix |
| v)asyxah | וְאָשִׂיחָה | and I will meditate | My earlier psalms translations are not exactly concordant - I think I will stick to meditate/muse for this word rather than 'talk' |
| bnipl)voteyka | בְּנִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ | on your wonderful works | nine letter 'word' 3 letter root - nice - what is it? a niphal participle in the plural with possessive pronoun? |
| dalpah | דָּלְפָה | Drips | Drip is the primary gloss! third person feminine qal perfect |
| nàpshy | נַפְשִׁי | my being | note that 'soul' throat/self/being is feminine |
| mitvugah | מִתּוּגָה | with grief | all those nouns are dependent on the grammatical letters - is it the verbs only that are primal? |
| qàymény | קַיְּמֵנִי | strengthen me | imperative+first person pronoun |
| kidbareka | כִּדְבָרֶךָ | according to your word | preposition+singular noun+possessive pronoun |
| derek sheqr | דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁקֶר | Deceitful way | the way of deceit - construct |
| hasér | הָסֵר | remove | hiphil imperative - hollow verb סור |
| mimeny | מִמֶּנִּי | from me | preposition and first person object pronoun |
| vtvoratka | וְתוֹרָתְךָ | and your law | conjunction+singular noun+possessive pronoun |
| xanény | חָנֵּנִי | grace me | imperative+first person pronoun |
| derek )emvunah | דֶּרֶךְ אֱמוּנָה | a way of faith | construct - the noun faith is derived from the verb again - wondering about rules for derivation |
| baxarty | בָחָרְתִּי | Deliberated I have | or decided - first person qal perfect |
| mishpa+eyka | מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ | your judgments | plural noun (derived from verb + preceding mem) and second person posessive |
| shivuyty | שִׁוִּיתִי | I have agreed with | qal perfect first person |
| dabàqty | דָּבַקְתִּי | Determined I cleave | first person perfect - note I didn't use a 'past' tense here |
| b`édvoteyka | בְעֵדְוֹתֶיךָ | to your testimonies | preposition+plural noun+possessive pronoun |
| yy | יְהוָה | O LORD | |
| )àl tbyshény | אַל תְּבִישֵׁנִי | Do not put me to shame | imperative+first person pronoun |
| derek | דֶּרֶךְ | the way | beginning of construct chain |
| micvoteyka | מִצְוֹתֶיךָ | of your commandments | plural noun (derived from verb + preceding mem) and second person posessive |
| )arvuc | אָרוּץ | I will run | first person singular imperfect |
| ky | כִּי | for | preposition |
| tàrxyb | תַרְחִיב | you enlarge | רחב second person imperfect - could be future - again I used present |
| liby | לִבִּי | my heart | singular noun with possessive first person - note only one beth in this heart! |
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