Psalms 142:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַבֵּ֤יט יָמִ֨ין ׀ וּרְאֵה֮ וְאֵֽין־לִ֢י מַ֫כִּ֥יר אָבַ֣ד מָנ֣וֹס מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֵ֖ין דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

Habbêṭ right and rĕʾēh and ʾên-to me makkîr; ʾābad mānôs from me; ʾên dôrēš for napšî.

Grammar Details

*Habbêṭ*: 2nd masculine singular imperative, hiphil - look
*yāmîn*: masculine singular noun - right (side)
*û*: conjunction - and
*rĕʾēh*: 2nd masculine singular imperative, qal - see
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me
*makkîr*: masculine singular participle, hiphil - one who recognizes
*ʾābad*: 3rd masculine singular perfect, qal - has perished
*mānôs*: masculine singular noun - refuge/escape
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me
*dôrēš*: masculine singular participle, qal - seeking/caring
*lĕ*: preposition - for
*napšî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my soul

Word Meanings

*Habbêṭ*: look/gaze/consider
*makkîr*: one who recognizes/acknowledges/cares for
*ʾābad*: has perished/is lost/has vanished
*mānôs*: refuge/escape/place to flee
*dôrēš*: seeking/caring/inquiring after
*napšî*: my soul/my life/myself

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 16:5 : 5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
Ps 27:13 : 13 [ I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah In the land of the living.
Ps 46:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
Ps 46:7 : 7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Ps 46:11 : 11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
Ps 62:6-7 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved. 7 With God is my salvation and my glory: The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
Ps 91:9-9 : 9 For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation; 10 There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
Ps 119:57 : 57 HHETH. Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
Lam 3:24 : 24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
John 16:32 : 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is {G3568} come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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