Psalms 145:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth up all those that are bowed down.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

סוֹמֵ֣ךְ יְ֭הוָה לְכָל־הַנֹּפְלִ֑ים וְ֝זוֹקֵ֗ף לְכָל־הַכְּפוּפִֽים

Transliteration

Sômēḵ YHWH for lᵊḵāl-hannōplîm and wᵊzôqēp for lᵊḵāl-hakkᵊpûpîm

Grammar Details

*Sômēḵ*: Qal participle masculine singular - supporting/upholding
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*lᵊḵāl-hannōplîm*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + definite article + Qal participle masculine plural - for all the falling ones
*wᵊzôqēp*: conjunction + Qal participle masculine singular - and raising up
*lᵊḵāl-hakkᵊpûpîm*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct + definite article + Qal passive participle masculine plural - for all the bowed down ones

Word Meanings

*Sômēḵ*: supporting/upholding/sustaining
*lᵊḵāl-hannōplîm*: for all the falling ones/all who fall/all who are falling
*wᵊzôqēp*: and raising up/lifting up/straightening
*lᵊḵāl-hakkᵊpûpîm*: for all the bowed down ones/all who are bent over/all who are stooped

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 146:8 : 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
Luke 22:31-32 : 31 {G1161} {G2962} {G2036} Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: 32 but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
Luke 13:11-13 : 11 And behold, a woman that had a spirit of infirmity eighteen {G2532} {G3638} years; and she was bowed together, and could in no wise lift herself up. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Ps 42:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Ps 119:117 : 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe, And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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