Psalms 18:36

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּתֶּן־לִי֮ מָגֵ֢ן יִ֫שְׁעֶ֥ךָ וִֽימִינְךָ֥ תִסְעָדֵ֑נִי וְֽעַנְוַתְךָ֥ תַרְבֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And titen-to me magen yish'echa and yemincha tis'adeni and anvatcha tarbeni.

Grammar Details

*titen*: qal imperfect with waw-consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - and you gave
*magen*: masculine singular construct - shield of
*yish'echa*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your salvation
*yemincha*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your right hand
*tis'adeni*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - it will support me
*anvatcha*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your gentleness/humility
*tarbeni*: hifil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will make me great

Word Meanings

*magen*: shield of/buckler of/defense of
*yish'echa*: your salvation/your deliverance/your help
*tis'adeni*: it will support me/it will sustain me/it will uphold me
*anvatcha*: your gentleness/your humility/your condescension
*tarbeni*: you will make me great/you will increase me/you will magnify me

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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

Prov 4:12 : 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
2 Sam 22:37 : 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; And my feet have not slipped.
Job 18:7 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
Job 36:16 : 16 Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
Ps 4:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large [when I was] in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke 24:46-48 : 46 and he said unto them, Thus it is written, {G2532} that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 {G1161} Ye are witnesses of these things.

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