Psalm 119:17
New International Version
Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.

New Living Translation
Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word.

English Standard Version
Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.

Berean Standard Bible
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

King James Bible
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

New King James Version
Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.

New American Standard Bible
Deal generously with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.

NASB 1995
Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.

NASB 1977
Deal bountifully with Thy servant, That I may live and keep Thy word.

Legacy Standard Bible
Deal bountifully with Your slave, That I may live and keep Your word.

Amplified Bible
Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word [treasuring it and being guided by it day by day].

Christian Standard Bible
Deal generously with your servant so that I might live; then I will keep your word.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Deal generously with Your servant so that I might live; then I will keep Your word.

American Standard Version
? GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Gimel Answer your Servant that I may live and keep your words.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Render a recompense to thy servant: so shall I live, and keep thy words.

Contemporary English Version
Treat me with kindness, LORD, so that I may live and do what you say.

Douay-Rheims Bible
[GIMEL] Give bountifully to thy servant, enliven me: and I shall keep thy words.

English Revised Version
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; so will I observe thy word.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Be kind to me so that I may live and hold on to your word.

Good News Translation
Be good to me, your servant, so that I may live and obey your teachings.

International Standard Version
Deal kindly with your servant so I may live and keep your word.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, And I will observe Thy word.

Literal Standard Version
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, | I live, and I keep Your word.

Majority Standard Bible
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

New American Bible
Be kind to your servant that I may live, that I may keep your word.

NET Bible
Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions.

New Revised Standard Version
Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word.

New Heart English Bible
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word.

Webster's Bible Translation
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

World English Bible
GIMEL Do good to your servant. I will live and I will obey your word.

Young's Literal Translation
Gimel. Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet
16I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. 17Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word. 18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.…

Cross References
Psalm 13:6
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.

Psalm 116:7
Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

Psalm 119:18
Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.


Treasury of Scripture

Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.

deal.

Psalm 119:65,124,132
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word…

Psalm 116:7
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

John 11:6
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

I may live

Romans 8:2-4
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death…

Ephesians 2:4,5,10
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, …

Titus 2:11,12
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, …

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Psalm 119
1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
2. Aleph.
9. Beth
17. Gimel
25. Daleth
33. He
41. Waw
49. Zayin
57. Heth
65. Teth
73. Yodh
81. Kaph
89. Lamedh
97. Mem
105. Nun
113. Samekh
121. Ayin
129. Pe
137. Tsadhe
145. Qoph
153. Resh
161. Sin and Shin
169. Taw














GIMEL.

(17) Deal bountifully . . . that I may live.--Comp. Psalm 13:3; Psalm 13:6; Psalm 116:7-8, where we see, as here, the same connection between this Hebrew word and preservation from death. Life is connected with obedience to the Divine law throughout the Bible (Leviticus 18:5; Deuteronomy 6:24; Psalm 41:1-2; Luke 10:28). . . .

Verse 17. - Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy Word; rather, grant unto thy servant that I may live. Give me the blessing of a long life, that so my keeping of thy Word may be long. The psalmist seems to be praying especially for himself; but the argument of his prayer will extend to all "servants of the Lord."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Deal bountifully
גְּמֹ֖ל (gə·mōl)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

with
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Your servant,
עַבְדְּךָ֥ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

that I may live
אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה (’eḥ·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

and keep
וְאֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה (wə·’eš·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

Your word.
דְבָרֶֽךָ׃ (ḏə·ḇā·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


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