Though I were perfect
tam (tawm)
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear -- coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.
yet would I not know
yada` (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
my soul
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
I would despise
ma'ac (maw-as')
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my life
chay (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
