Psalms 138:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־אֵלֵ֤ךְ ׀ בְּקֶ֥רֶב צָרָ֗ה תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי עַ֤ל אַ֣ף אֹ֖‪[d]‬יְבַי תִּשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וְת֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

ʾim-I hālak ׀ in-qereb ṣārāh, you ḥāyâ-me; upon ʾap ʾōyēb-my you šālaḥ yād-your, and-yāšaʿ-me yāmîn-your.

Grammar Details

• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *hālak*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I walk/go
• *qereb*: masculine singular construct - midst/among
• *ṣārāh*: feminine singular absolute - trouble/distress/affliction
• *ḥāyâ*: Piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you preserve/keep alive/revive me
• *ʾap*: masculine singular construct - anger/nose/face
• *ʾōyēb*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
• *šālaḥ*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you stretch out/send
• *yād*: feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine suffix - your hand
• *yāšaʿ*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you save/deliver me
• *yāmîn*: feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine suffix - your right hand

Word Meanings

• *hālak*: walk/go/come/proceed
• *qereb*: midst/middle/among/within
• *ṣārāh*: trouble/distress/adversity/affliction
• *ḥāyâ*: preserve/keep alive/revive/sustain
• *ʾap*: anger/nose/face/presence/despite
• *ʾōyēb*: enemy/foe/adversary
• *šālaḥ*: stretch out/send/put forth
• *yād*: hand/power/authority
• *yāšaʿ*: save/deliver/help/rescue
• *yāmîn*: right hand/south/strength/power

Referenced Verses

• Ps 71:20-21 : 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth. 21 Increase thou my greatness, And turn again and comfort me.
• Ps 23:3-4 : 3 He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
• Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Ps 85:6 : 6 Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee?
• Ps 60:5 : 5 That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.
• Job 19:25-26 : 25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;
• 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. 10 Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see [my desire] upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
• Acts 2:33 : 33 Being therefore by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he hath poured forth this, which ye see and hear.
• Jer 51:25 : 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith Jehovah, which destroyest all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
• Job 13:15 : 15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
• Isa 10:4 : 4 They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 9:17 : 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Ps 77:10 : 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High.
• Ps 119:49-50 : 49 ZAYIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope. 50 This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.
• Ps 144:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, [And] my fingers to fight: 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
• Ps 64:7-8 : 7 But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded. 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
• Ps 66:10-12 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins. 12 Thou didst cause men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
• Ps 35:1-3 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
• Ps 17:7 : 7 Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge [in thee] From those that rise up [against them].
• Ps 18:35 : 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
• Ps 20:6 : 6 Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; He will answer him from his holy heaven With the saving strength of his right hand.
• Ps 44:3 : 3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
• Ps 44:5-7 : 5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. 7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
• Ps 56:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me.
• Ps 56:9 : 9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
• Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 9:12 : 12 the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.
• Ps 41:7-8 : 7 All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt. 8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.