Psalms 145:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah preserveth all them that love him; But all the wicked will he destroy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שׁוֹמֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה אֶת־כָּל־אֹהֲבָ֑יו וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־הָרְשָׁעִ֣ים יַשְׁמִֽיד

Transliteration

Šômēr YHWH ʾet-kāl-ʾōhăbāyw and wᵊʾēt kāl-hārᵊšāʿîm yašmîd

Grammar Details

*Šômēr*: Qal participle masculine singular - guarding/keeping
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
*ʾet-kāl-ʾōhăbāyw*: direct object marker + noun masculine singular construct + Qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all who love him
*wᵊʾēt*: conjunction + direct object marker - and
*kāl-hārᵊšāʿîm*: noun masculine singular construct + definite article + adjective masculine plural - all the wicked
*yašmîd*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will destroy

Word Meanings

*Šômēr*: guarding/keeping/watching over/preserving
*ʾet-kāl-ʾōhăbāyw*: all who love him/all his lovers/all his friends
*kāl-hārᵊšāʿîm*: all the wicked/all the evil ones/all the ungodly
*yašmîd*: he will destroy/he will annihilate/he will exterminate

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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 97:10 : 10 O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ps 31:23 : 23 Oh love Jehovah, all ye his saints: Jehovah preserveth the faithful, And plentifully rewardeth him that dealeth proudly.
Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.
Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose. 29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren: 30 and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
1 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials, 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Exod 20:6 : 6 and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Ps 9:5 : 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Ps 9:17 : 17 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

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Ps 101:8
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Ps 12:7
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7Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Ps 37:20
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Prov 10:29-30
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Prov 11:20
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Ps 34:16
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Ps 37:40
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Ps 140:4
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Ps 41:2
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Prov 2:22
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