11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 143:8
Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
Psalm 143:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- KJV King James Version
- Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Cause me to hear Your kindness in the morning, || For I have trusted in You, || Cause me to know the way that I go, || For I have lifted up my soul to You.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Tell me every morning about your trustworthy love, because I put my confidence in you. Show me the way I should go, because I dedicate myself to you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul to thee.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 142:8 in this edition
- Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted up my soul to thee.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| הַשְׁמִ֘יעֵ֤נִי | haš·mî·‘ê·nî | Let me hear | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| בַבֹּ֨קֶר׀ | ḇab·bō·qer | in the morning | H1242 בֹּ֫קֶר morning |
| חַסְדֶּךָ֮ | ḥas·de·ḵā | Your loving devotion | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| בְךָ֪ | ḇə·ḵā | in You | H9003 ב in/on/with |
| בָ֫טָ֥חְתִּי | ḇā·ṭā·ḥə·tî | I have put my trust | H982 בָּטַח to trust |
| הוֹדִיעֵ֗נִי | hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî | Teach me | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| דֶּֽרֶךְ־ | de·reḵ- | the way | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| ז֥וּ | zū | — | H2098 זוּ this |
| אֵלֵ֑ךְ | ’ê·lêḵ | I should walk | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| אֵ֝לֶיךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | to You | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| נָשָׂ֥אתִי | nā·śā·ṯî | I lift up | H5375 נָשָׂא to lift: raise |
| נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | nap̄·šî | my soul | H5315 נֶ֫פֶשׁ soul |
Related verses
- Psalm 25:4–5
Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
- Psalm 32:8
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
- Isaiah 48:17
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Isaiah 30:21
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Psalm 46:5
God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
- Psalm 143:10
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
- Psalm 27:11
Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
- Psalm 59:16
But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.
- Psalm 90:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
6 I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
7 Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
9 Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Read all of Psalm 143 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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