King James Version
Psalms 25:20 in the King James Version says “O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.”
Psalms 25:20 · KJV
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. cruel: Heb. hatred of violence
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“O keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“me let me not be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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