צַדִּיק אַתָּה יְהוָה וְיָשָׁר מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ | So just you are יְהוָה and your judgments are straightforward |
צִוִּיתָ צֶדֶק עֵדֹתֶיךָ וֶאֱמוּנָה מְאֹד | Set you have the righteousness of your testimonies and great faithfulness |
צִמְּתַתְנִי קִנְאָתִי כִּי שָׁכְחוּ דְבָרֶיךָ צָרָי | Struck me out did my zeal for my troublers forgot your words |
צְרוּפָה אִמְרָתְךָ מְאֹד וְעַבְדְּךָ אֲהֵבָהּ | Smeltered greatly is your promise and your servant loves it |
צָעִיר אָנֹכִי וְנִבְזֶה פִּקֻּדֶיךָ לֹא שָׁכָחְתִּי | Small am I and of no account I have not forgotten your precepts |
צִדְקָתְךָ צֶדֶק לְעוֹלָם וְתוֹרָתְךָ אֱמֶת | Saving righteousness - yours - is righteousness for ever and your teaching is truth |
צַר וּמָצוֹק מְצָאוּנִי מִצְוֹתֶיךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָי | Strain and struggle stress me your commandments are my delight |
צֶדֶק עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶחְיֶה | Such righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting let me understand and I will live |
Details
càdyq | צַדִּיק | so just | predicate |
)àtah | אַתָּה | you | subject |
yy | יְהוָה | O LORD | subject, apposition |
vyashar | וְיָשָׁר | and straightforward | conjunction+predicate |
mishpa+eyka | מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ | your judgments | subject |
civuyta | צִוִּיתָ | set (commanded, constituted, appointed) you have | verb second person singular |
cedeq | צֶדֶק | the righteousness of | Can righteousness modify testimonies as an adjective when it is not in agreement in number? I don't think so - so I am taking this as construct |
`édoteyka | עֵדֹתֶיךָ | your testimonies | completing the construct predicate - usual plural noun with second person possessive pronoun |
ve)emvunah | וֶאֱמוּנָה | and faithfulness | now what does this phrase modify? |
m)od | מְאֹד | great | does it apply to the testimonies or does it stand alone as a second predicate? Adjective modifying faithfulness I think. |
cimtàtny | צִמְּתַתְנִי | struck me out | This is a very amusing gloss - but it does mean what it says if you allow the baseball idiom! |
qin)aty | קִנְאָתִי | my zeal | singular pronoun subject of the prior verb |
ky shakxvu | כִּי שָׁכְחוּ | for they forgot | the reason for the strikeout |
dbareyka | דְבָרֶיךָ | your words | plural noun with second person possessive pronoun |
caray | צָרָי | my troublers | plural noun with first person possessive pronoun |
crvupah | צְרוּפָה | smeltered is | pure - so smeltered as refined |
)imratka | אִמְרָתְךָ | your promise | singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
m)od | מְאֹד | greatly | modifying the verb |
v`àbdka | וְעַבְדְּךָ | and your servant | singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
)ahébah | אֲהֵבָהּ | loves it | Third person singular qal perfect with feminine object pronoun. I sometimes miss these. Of course you have to read the entire Lambdin before you can start on anything. It's not the way I live. I learn by doing and my sieve has holes in it so I miss things. |
ca`yr | צָעִיר | small | Predicate |
)anoky | אָנֹכִי | am I | subject - stand-alone pronoun |
vnibzeh | וְנִבְזֶה | and of no account | connector+niphal participle |
piqudeyka | פִּקֻּדֶיךָ | your precepts | plural noun with second person possessive pronoun object of the verb to come |
lo) | לֹא | not | negative particle |
shakaxty | שָׁכָחְתִּי | have I forgotten | first person qal perfect |
cidqatka | צִדְקָתְךָ | saving righteousness yours | singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
cedeq | צֶדֶק | is righteousness | implied copula |
l`volam | לְעוֹלָם | for ever | to the age, preposition+noun |
vtvoratka | וְתוֹרָתְךָ | and your instruction | connector+singular noun with second person possessive pronoun |
)emet | אֱמֶת | is truth | implied copula+noun |
càr vumacvoq | צַר וּמָצוֹק | strain and struggle | the poet is showing off assonance |
mca)vuny | מְצָאוּנִי | stress me | read the st backwards and you have ts! This is of course a third person plural with an object pronoun |
micvoteyka | מִצְוֹתֶיךָ | your commandments | plural noun with second person possessive pronoun - subject |
shà`ashu`ay | שַׁעֲשֻׁעָי | are my delight | predicate implied copula singular noun with first person possessive pronoun |
cedeq | צֶדֶק | such righteousness of | Need the s but 'such' isn't there |
`édvoteyka | עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ | your testimonies | plural noun with second person possessive pronoun - subject |
l`volam | לְעוֹלָם | is everlasting | preposition+noun predicate with implied copula |
habynény | הֲבִינֵנִי | have me understand | must he a hiphil imperative+pronoun object |
v)exyeh | וְאֶחְיֶה | and I will live | connector+first person imperfect |
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