| 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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