Psalms 18:48

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He rescueth me from mine enemies; Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָאֵ֗ל הַנּוֹתֵ֣ן נְקָמ֣וֹת לִ֑י וַיַּדְבֵּ֖ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽי׃

Transliteration

The El hanoten neqamot to me and yadber amim tachtay.

Grammar Details

*El*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the God
*hanoten*: qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one giving
*neqamot*: feminine plural noun - vengeances
*yadber*: hifil imperfect with waw-consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he subdued
*amim*: masculine plural noun - peoples
*tachtay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - under me

Word Meanings

*El*: God/Mighty One/Power
*hanoten*: the one giving/who gives/who grants
*neqamot*: vengeances/retributions/revenges
*yadber*: he subdued/he led/he brought down
*amim*: peoples/nations/tribes

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 140:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Jehovah, from the evil man; Preserve me from the violent man:
Ps 140:4 : 4 Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.
Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Phil 2:9 : 9 Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name;
Ps 7:16 : 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 22:27-30 : 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. 28 For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations. 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive. 30 A seed shall serve him; It shall be told of the Lord unto the [next] generation.
Ps 59:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me. 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.
Ps 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
Ps 89:13 : 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

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