Psalms 12:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִֽמֲר֣וֹת יְהוָה֮ אֲמָר֢וֹת טְהֹ֫ר֥וֹת כֶּ֣סֶף צָ֭רוּף בַּעֲלִ֣יל לָאָ֑רֶץ מְ֝זֻקָּ֗ק שִׁבְעָתָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

ʾimărôṯ YHWH ʾămārôṯ ṭəhōrôṯ kesep̄ ṣārûp̄ in ʿălîl to the ʾāreṣ məzuqqāq šiḇʿāṯāyim

Grammar Details

*ʾimărôṯ*: feminine plural construct - sayings of/words of
*YHWH*: proper name - LORD
*ʾămārôṯ*: feminine plural noun - sayings/words
*ṭəhōrôṯ*: feminine plural adjective - pure
*kesep̄*: masculine singular noun - silver
*ṣārûp̄*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - refined/purified
*ʿălîl*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition - in crucible/furnace
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with prefixed preposition and definite article - to the earth/ground
*məzuqqāq*: pual participle, masculine singular - purified/refined
*šiḇʿāṯāyim*: adverb - seven times

Word Meanings

*ʾimărôṯ*: words/sayings/promises
*ʾămārôṯ ṭəhōrôṯ*: pure words/pure sayings/pure promises
*kesep̄ ṣārûp̄*: refined silver/purified silver
*ʿălîl lāʾāreṣ*: furnace on earth/crucible to the ground/workshop for the land
*məzuqqāq šiḇʿāṯāyim*: purified seven times/refined sevenfold

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Ps 37:40 : 40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Ps 121:8 : 8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Ps 145:20 : 20 Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.
Isa 27:3 : 3 I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Deut 33:3 : 3 Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; [Every one] shall receive of thy words.
1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
Ps 16:1 : 1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.

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