2 Samuel 22:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the afflicted people thou wilt save; But thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י תּוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינֶ֥יךָ עַל־רָמִ֖ים תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

And ʾēt-ʿam ʿānî tôšîaʿ; and ʿênêkā against-rāmîm tašpîl.

Grammar Details

• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʿam*: masculine noun - people
• *ʿānî*: masculine adjective - afflicted
• *tôšîaʿ*: Hiphil imperfect 2ms - you save
• *ʿênêkā*: feminine dual noun with 2ms suffix - your eyes
• *rāmîm*: masculine plural adjective - haughty
• *tašpîl*: Hiphil imperfect 2ms - you bring low

Word Meanings

• *ʿānî*: afflicted, poor, humble
• *tôšîaʿ*: save, deliver, rescue
• *rāmîm*: haughty, proud, lofty
• *tašpîl*: bring low, humble, abase

Referenced Verses

• Ps 72:12-13 : 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.
• Isa 5:15 : 15 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
• Exod 3:7-8 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Isa 2:11-12 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
• Isa 2:17 : 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Exod 9:14-17 : 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
• Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
• Job 40:11-12 : 11 Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, [and] bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.
• Ps 12:5 : 5 Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
• Ps 138:6 : 6 For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.
• Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
• Prov 21:4 : 4 A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 37:28-29 : 28 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 29 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
• Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Jas 4:6-7 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore [the scripture] saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 7 Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;