Psalms 102:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; From heaven did Jehovah behold the earth;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

tikkāteḇ zōʾt for dôr ʾaḥărôn and ʿam niḇrāʾ yᵉhallel-Yāh

Grammar Details

*tikkāteḇ*: verb, Niphal imperfect jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let it be written
*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
*lᵉdôr*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for generation
*ʾaḥărôn*: adjective, masculine singular - latter/future
*wᵉ*: conjunction - and
*ʿam*: noun, masculine singular - people
*niḇrāʾ*: verb, Niphal participle, masculine singular - created/to be created
*yᵉhallel*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will praise
*Yāh*: proper noun - Yah/LORD

Word Meanings

*tikkāteḇ*: let it be written/recorded
*dôr*: generation/age
*ʾaḥărôn*: latter/future/coming
*ʿam*: people/nation
*niḇrāʾ*: created/to be created/yet unborn
*yᵉhallel*: he will praise/celebrate
*Yāh*: Yah/abbreviated form of YHWH

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Deut 26:15 : 15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Ps 14:2 : 2 Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
Ps 33:13-14 : 13 Jehovah looketh from heaven; He beholdeth all the sons of men; 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
Heb 8:1-2 : 1 Now in the things which we are saying the chief point [is this]: We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, {G2532} not man.
Heb 9:23-24 : 23 It was necessary therefore that {G3303} the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ entered {G1525} not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
1 Kgs 8:39 : 39 then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 hear thou in heaven thy dwelling - place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Job 22:12 : 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

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