Psalms 119:42

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me; For I trust in thy word.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶֽעֱנֶ֣ה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָ֑ר כִּֽי־בָ֝טַחְתִּי בִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And-ʾeʿĕneh ḥōrp̄î ḏāḇār for-ḇāṭaḥtî in-ḏiḇāreḵā

Grammar Details

• *wǝʾeʿĕneh*: conjunction + qal imperfect 1st person singular - and I will answer
• *ḥōrp̄î*: verb qal participle masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - one reproaching me
• *ḏāḇār*: masculine singular noun - word/thing
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ḇāṭaḥtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I trust/have trusted
• *biḏḇāreḵā*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your word

Word Meanings

• *ʾeʿĕneh*: I will answer/respond/reply
• *ḥōrp̄î*: one who taunts me/my reproacher/one who insults me
• *ḇāṭaḥtî*: I trust/I have trusted/I rely on

Referenced Verses

• Acts 27:25 : 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even so as it hath been spoken unto me.
• Ps 119:49 : 49 ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
• Ps 119:74 : 74 They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
• Ps 119:81 : 81 KAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; [But] I hope in thy word.
• Prov 27:11 : 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
• Matt 27:40-43 : 40 and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
• Matt 27:63 : 63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
• 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
• 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
• 2 Sam 19:18-20 : 18 And there went over a ferry-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he was come over the Jordan. 19 And he said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
• 1 Chr 28:3-6 : 3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; 5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
• Ps 3:2 : 2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
• Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
• Ps 56:4 : 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
• Ps 56:10-11 : 10 In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word), 11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?
• Ps 71:10-11 : 10 For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together, 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
• Ps 89:19-37 : 19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy saints, And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 I have found David my servant; With my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him. 24 But my faithfulness and my lovingkindness shall be with him; And in my name shall his horn be exalted. 25 I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers. 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. 28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; 31 If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
• Ps 109:25 : 25 I am become also a reproach unto them: When they see me, they shake their head.