Psalms 112:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זָ֘רַ֤ח בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ א֭וֹר לַיְשָׁרִ֑ים חַנּ֖וּן וְרַח֣וּם וְצַדִּֽיק׃

Transliteration

Zāraḥ in-the-ḥōšek ʾôr for-the-yešārîm ḥannûn wĕ-raḥûm wĕ-ṣaddîq

Grammar Details

• *Zāraḥ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has risen/shines
• *baḥōšek*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the darkness
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light
• *layešārîm*: preposition + definite article + adjective, masculine plural - for the upright ones
• *ḥannûn*: adjective, masculine singular - gracious
• *wĕraḥûm*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and merciful
• *wĕṣaddîq*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and righteous

Word Meanings

• *Zāraḥ*: rises/shines/dawns
• *ḥōšek*: darkness/obscurity
• *ʾôr*: light/illumination
• *yešārîm*: upright ones/righteous ones
• *ḥannûn*: gracious/favorable/merciful
• *raḥûm*: compassionate/merciful
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful

Referenced Verses

• Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
• Job 11:17 : 17 And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
• John 12:46 : 46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
• 2 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.
• Eph 4:32-5:2 : 32 and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you. 1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
• Eph 5:9 : 9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
• Eph 5:15 : 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
• Col 3:12-13 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man have a complaint against any; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye:
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God hath appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world;
• 1 John 2:29 : 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
• 1 John 3:7 : 7 [ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:
• 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
• Ps 37:6 : 6 And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.
• Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
• Isa 58:10 : 10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
• Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Luke 6:36 : 36 Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful.