Psalms 143:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ֮ תַּצְמִ֢ית אֹ֫יְבָ֥י וְֽ֭הַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל־צֹרֲרֵ֣י נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּ֝֗י אֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And in ḇeḥasdeḵā taṣmîṯ 'ōyeḇāy and ha'ăḇadtā all-ṣōrărê nap̄šî; kî I 'ănî 'aḇdeḵā.

Grammar Details

• *ûḇeḥasdeḵā*: conjunction + preposition bet + noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and in your lovingkindness
• *taṣmîṯ*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will silence/destroy
• *'ōyeḇāy*: noun, masculine, plural + 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
• *weha'ăḇadtā*: conjunction + hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you will destroy
• *kol-ṣōrărê*: noun, masculine, singular, construct + qal participle, masculine, plural, construct - all adversaries of
• *nap̄šî*: noun, feminine, singular + 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *'ănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *'aḇdeḵā*: noun, masculine, singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant

Word Meanings

• *ḇeḥasdeḵā*: in your lovingkindness/in your steadfast love/by your mercy
• *taṣmîṯ*: silence/destroy/cut off
• *'ōyeḇāy*: my enemies/my foes
• *ha'ăḇadtā*: destroy/cause to perish/wipe out
• *ṣōrărê nap̄šî*: adversaries of my soul/those who afflict my life/those who distress me
• *'aḇdeḵā*: your servant/your slave

Referenced Verses

• Ps 54:5 : 5 He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
• Ps 116:16 : 16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
• 1 Sam 24:12-15 : 12 Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
• 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
• 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
• Ps 52:5 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {H5542}
• Ps 119:94 : 94 I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
• Ps 136:15-20 : 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 16 To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 17 To him that smote great kings; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 18 And slew famous kings; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 19 Sihon king of the Amorites; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 20 And Og king of Bashan; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;