Psalms 25:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פְּנֵה־אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי־יָחִ֖יד וְעָנִ֣י אָֽנִי

Transliteration

pĕnēh-ʾēlay wĕḥānnēnî kî-yāḥîḏ wĕʿānî ʾānî

Grammar Details

*pĕnēh*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - 'turn'
*ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - 'to me'
*wĕḥānnēnî*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'and be gracious to me'
*kî*: conjunction - 'for/because'
*yāḥîḏ*: adjective, masculine singular - 'alone/solitary'
*wĕʿānî*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - 'and afflicted'
*ʾānî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'

Word Meanings

*pĕnēh*: turn/face/regard
*ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/show me favor/have mercy on me
*yāḥîḏ*: alone/solitary/lonely/only
*ʿānî*: afflicted/poor/humble

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 86:16 : 16 Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Ps 143:4 : 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Dan 9:17 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Mark 15:33-35 : 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah.
Ps 88:15-18 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off. 17 They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together. 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
Ps 60:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
Ps 69:14-20 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me. 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily. 18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies. 19 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: Mine adversaries are all before thee. 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

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