Psalms 109:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְקַֽלְלוּ־הֵמָּה֮ וְאַתָּ֢ה תְבָ֫רֵ֥ךְ קָ֤מוּ ׀ וַיֵּבֹ֗שׁוּ וְֽעַבְדְּךָ֥ יִשְׂמָֽח׃

Transliteration

Yəqaləlû-hēmmâ and-ʾattâ təbārēk qāmû and-wayyēbōšû and-ʿabdəkā yiśmāḥ.

Grammar Details

*Yəqaləlû*: verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will curse
*hēmmâ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they
*ʾattâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*təbārēk*: verb, piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will bless
*qāmû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have risen
*wayyēbōšû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - and they will be put to shame
*ʿabdəkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
*yiśmāḥ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will rejoice

Word Meanings

*Yəqaləlû*: they will curse/they will revile
*təbārēk*: you will bless/you will favor
*wayyēbōšû*: they will be put to shame/they will be disgraced/they will be disappointed

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Referenced Verses

Num 22:12 : 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
Num 23:20 : 20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
2 Sam 16:10-13 : 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because Jehovah hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more [may] this Benjamite now [do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for Jehovah hath bidden him. 12 It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and that Jehovah will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day. 13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side {H6763} over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
Ps 109:17 : 17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.
Isa 65:13-16 : 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name: 16 so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
John 16:22 : 22 And ye therefore {G3303} now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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