Psalms 119:122

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲרֹ֣ב עַבְדְּךָ֣ לְט֑וֹב אַֽל־יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי זֵדִֽים׃

Transliteration

ʿărōb ʿabdəkā to-ṭôb not-yaʿašqūnî zēdîm

Grammar Details

*ʿărōb*: qal imperative masculine singular - be surety/stand in place of
*ʿabdəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
*ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good
*yaʿašqūnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - let them oppress me
*zēdîm*: masculine plural adjective - proud ones/insolent ones
*lə-*: preposition - to/for
*ʾal*: negative particle - not

Word Meanings

*ʿărōb*: be surety for/guarantee/pledge/take responsibility for
*ʿabdəkā*: your servant
*ṭôb*: good/welfare/benefit
*yaʿašqūnî*: oppress me/exploit me/wrong me
*zēdîm*: proud ones/insolent ones/arrogant people

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:3 : 3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
Heb 7:22 : 22 by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.
Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Ps 36:11 : 11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, That do wander from thy commandments.
Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 But if he hath wronged thee at all, or oweth [thee] aught, put that to mine account; 19 I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: None that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.

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