Psalms 119:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

ג(Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גְּמֹ֖ל עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה דְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

gəmōl upon-ʿaḇdəḵā ʾeḥyeh and-ʾešmərâ dəḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

• *gəmōl*: Qal imperative masculine singular - deal bountifully
• upon-*ʿaḇdəḵā*: preposition *ʿal* + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon your servant
• *ʾeḥyeh*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will live
• and-*ʾešmərâ*: conjunction *wə* + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and I will keep
• *dəḇāreḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your word

Word Meanings

• *gəmōl*: deal bountifully/reward/do good to
• *ʿaḇdəḵā*: your servant/slave/subordinate
• *ʾeḥyeh*: I will live/be alive/continue
• *ʾešmərâ*: I will keep/observe/guard
• *dəḇāreḵā*: your word/speech/matter/command

Referenced Verses

• Ps 13:6 : 6 I will sing praises to the LORD when he vindicates me.
• Ps 116:7 : 7 Rest once more, my soul, for the LORD has vindicated you.
• Ps 119:65 : 65 ט(Tet) You are good to your servant, O LORD, just as you promised.
• Ps 119:124 : 124 Show your servant your loyal love! Teach me your statutes!
• Ps 119:132 : 132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me, as you typically do to your loyal followers.
• John 1:16 : 16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
• Rom 8:2-4 : 2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
• 2 Cor 9:7-9 : 7 Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work. 9 Just as it is written,“He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.” 10 Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,
• Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his creative work, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we can do them.
• Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.
• 1 John 5:3-4 : 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down, 4 because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world. Testimony About the SonThis is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith.