Psalms 109:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֤את פְּעֻלַּ֣ת שֹׂ֭טְנַי מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים רָ֝֗ע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

This pəʿullat śōṭənay from-YHWH and-the-ones-dōbərîm raʿ against-napšî.

Grammar Details

• *pəʿullat*: noun, feminine singular construct - reward/wages of
• *śōṭənay*: participle, qal masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my accusers/adversaries
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *dōbərîm*: participle, qal masculine plural with definite article - the ones speaking
• *raʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil
• *napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life

Word Meanings

• *pəʿullat*: wages/reward/recompense
• *śōṭənay*: my accusers/my adversaries/those hostile to me
• *raʿ*: evil/bad/harmful

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
• 2 Sam 18:32 : 32 And the king said unto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
• 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.
• Ps 2:5-6 : 5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure: 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them. 10 Their fruit wilt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform. 12 For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
• Ps 40:14-15 : 14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
• Ps 71:10 : 10 For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
• Ps 94:23 : 23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
• Ps 110:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, He will fill [the places] with dead bodies; He will strike through the head in many countries.
• Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her [ works.]
• Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
• Matt 26:66-67 : 66 what think ye? They answered and said, He is worthy of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
• Mark 9:39 : 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man who shall do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men; 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
• 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works: