Psalms 107:42

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִרְא֣וּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְכָל־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ

Transliteration

yirʾû yᵊšārîm and-yiśmāḥû and-all-ʿawlâ qāpᵊṣâ pîhā

Grammar Details

• *yirʾû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they see
• *yᵊšārîm*: adjective, masculine plural - upright ones
• *yiśmāḥû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with prefixed conjunction waw - and they rejoice
• *ʿawlâ*: noun, feminine singular with prefixed kol and conjunction waw - and all iniquity/injustice
• *qāpᵊṣâ*: qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she shuts/closes
• *pîhā*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her mouth

Word Meanings

• *yirʾû*: they see/observe/perceive
• *yᵊšārîm*: upright ones/righteous ones
• *yiśmāḥû*: they rejoice/are glad
• *ʿawlâ*: iniquity/injustice/wickedness
• *qāpᵊṣâ*: she shuts/closes/stops
• *pîhā*: her mouth

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:19 : 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,
• Ps 63:11 : 11 But the king shall rejoice in God: Every one that sweareth by him shall glory; For the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God:
• Ps 52:6 : 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying],
• Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Isa 66:10-11 : 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her; 11 that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
• Isa 66:14 : 14 And ye shall see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
• Ps 112:10 : 10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: The desire of the wicked shall perish.
• Ps 58:10-11 : 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; 11 So that men shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.
• Exod 11:7 : 7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
• Job 5:15-16 : 15 But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.