Psalms 139:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֽוֹדְךָ֗ עַ֤ל כִּ֥י נוֹרָא֗וֹת נִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִי נִפְלָאִ֥ים מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י יֹדַ֥עַת מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

ʾôdəkā on that nôrāʾôt niplêtî; niplāʾîm maʿăśekā, and-napšî yōdaʿat exceedingly

Grammar Details

*ʾôdəkā*: verb, Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I praise you
*nôrāʾôt*: verb, Niphal participle feminine plural - fearfully/awesomely
*niplêtî*: verb, Niphal perfect 1st person singular - I am wonderfully made
*niplāʾîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wonderful/marvelous
*maʿăśekā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your works
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*yōdaʿat*: verb, Qal participle feminine singular - knowing

Word Meanings

*ʾôdəkā*: praise you/thank you/acknowledge you
*nôrāʾôt*: fearfully/awesomely/wonderfully
*niplêtî*: wonderfully made/set apart/distinguished
*niplāʾîm*: wonderful/marvelous/extraordinary
*maʿăśekā*: your works/your deeds/your actions
*napšî*: my soul/my self/my being/my life
*yōdaʿat*: knowing/aware/conscious

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 1:26-27 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Ps 104:24 : 24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
Ps 92:4-5 : 4 For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.
Job 5:9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Ps 111:2 : 2 The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.

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