Psalms 13:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

Habbîṭâ ʿănēnî YHWH ʾĕlōhay hāʾîrâ ʿênay lest-ʾîšan the-māwet

Grammar Details

*Habbîṭâ*: 2nd person masculine singular hiphil imperative verb - look/regard/consider
*ʿănēnî*: 2nd person masculine singular qal imperative verb with 1st person singular suffix - answer me
*YHWH*: divine name, tetragrammaton
*ʾĕlōhay*: masculine plural noun ('God') with 1st person singular suffix - my God
*hāʾîrâ*: 2nd person masculine singular hiphil imperative verb - cause to shine/enlighten
*ʿênay*: feminine dual noun ('eyes') with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
פֶּן: conjunction - lest/otherwise
*ʾîšan*: 1st person singular qal imperfect verb - I will sleep
הַמָּֽוֶת: definite article with masculine singular noun - the death

Word Meanings

*Habbîṭâ*: look/regard/consider/pay attention to
*ʿănēnî*: answer me/respond to me
*hāʾîrâ*: enlighten/brighten/illuminate/give light to
*ʿênay*: my eyes (literal or metaphorical for insight/understanding)
*ʾîšan*: sleep/fall asleep/be dormant
*māwet*: death (literal or figurative)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Ps 38:16 : 16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Jer 1:19 : 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
Lam 1:16 : 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water; Because the comforter that should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy hath prevailed.
Ezek 35:12-15 : 12 And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour. 13 And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it. 14 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.
Ps 112:6 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
Ps 121:1-3 : 1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come? 2 My help [cometh] from Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Prov 12:3 : 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Ps 9:19 : 19 Arise, O Jehovah; Let not man prevail: Let the nations be judged in thy sight.
Ps 10:11 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

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