Psalms 142:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ אֶֽל־רִנָּתִי֮ כִּֽי־דַלּ֢וֹתִ֫י מְאֹ֥ד הַצִּילֵ֥נִי מֵרֹדְפַ֑י כִּ֖י אָמְצ֣וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

Haqšîbâ to rinnātî because dallôtî very much; haṣṣîlēnî from rōdĕpay because ʾāmĕṣû from me.

Grammar Details

*Haqšîbâ*: 2nd masculine singular imperative, hiphil - give attention
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*rinnātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my cry
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*dallôtî*: 1st person singular perfect, qal - I am brought low
*mĕʾōd*: adverb - very much
*haṣṣîlēnî*: 2nd masculine singular imperative with 1st person singular suffix, hiphil - deliver me
*mē*: preposition - from
*rōdĕpay*: masculine plural participle with 1st person singular suffix, qal - my pursuers
*ʾāmĕṣû*: 3rd person plural perfect, qal - they are stronger
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - than me

Word Meanings

*Haqšîbâ*: give attention/listen/pay heed
*rinnātî*: my cry/my plea/my ringing cry
*dallôtî*: I am brought low/I am weak/I am impoverished
*haṣṣîlēnî*: deliver me/rescue me/save me
*rōdĕpay*: my pursuers/my persecutors
*ʾāmĕṣû*: they are stronger/they are mightier/they prevail

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Referenced Verses

Ps 13:6 : 6 I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Ps 143:11 : 11 Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Ps 146:7 : 7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
Acts 2:24 : 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Jas 5:11 : 11 Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.
Ps 7:6-7 : 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment. 7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
Ps 9:3 : 3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Ps 9:14 : 14 That I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Ps 22:21-27 : 21 Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me. 22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: In the midst of the assembly will I praise thee. 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever. 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Ps 31:8 : 8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
Ps 34:2 : 2 My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Ps 88:4-8 : 4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, 5 Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {H5542} 8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Ps 107:41-42 : 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock. 42 The upright shall see it, and be glad; And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Ps 116:7 : 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Ps 119:17 : 17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; So will I observe thy word.
Ps 119:74 : 74 They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
Ps 142:1 : 1 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.

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