Psalms 16:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׂמַ֣ח לִ֭בִּי וַיָּ֣גֶל כְּבוֹדִ֑י אַף־בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן לָבֶֽטַח׃

Transliteration

Therefore śāmaḥ libbî and-yayyāḡel kəḇôdî indeed-bəśārî yiškōn lāḇeṭaḥ

Grammar Details

• *śāmaḥ*: perfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - rejoiced/was glad
• *libbî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - my heart
• *yayyāḡel*: imperfect verb with consecutive waw, 3rd person masculine singular - and rejoiced
• *kəḇôdî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - my glory/honor
• *bəśārî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - my flesh/body
• *yiškōn*: imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine singular - will dwell/reside
• *lāḇeṭaḥ*: preposition + noun - in security/safety

Word Meanings

• *śāmaḥ*: rejoiced/was glad/was joyful
• *libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self
• *yayyāḡel*: rejoiced/was jubilant/exulted
• *kəḇôdî*: my glory/my honor/my soul (possibly 'liver' as seat of emotions)
• *bəśārî*: my flesh/my body
• *yiškōn*: will dwell/will reside/will rest
• *lāḇeṭaḥ*: in security/in safety/confidently

Referenced Verses

• Ps 30:12 : 12 To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
• Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
• Ps 108:1 : 1 A Song, a Psalm of David. My heart is fixed, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.
• Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
• Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
• Luke 10:21-22 : 21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight. 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save {G3361} the Father; and who the Father is, save {G3361} the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him].
• Acts 2:26 : 26 Therefore {G2165} my {G5124} heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; {G2532} Moreover my flesh also shall dwell in hope:
• 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• Jas 3:5-9 : 5 None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members {G3779} is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beasts and birds, {G5037} of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind. 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith {G846} bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith {G846} curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God:
• Job 14:14-15 : 14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come. 15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
• Job 19:26-27 : 26 And after my skin, [even] this [body], is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; 27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
• Ps 4:7-8 : 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than [they have] when their grain and their new wine are increased. 8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.