Psalms 20:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַֽעַנְךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה יְ֝שַׂגֶּבְךָ֗ שֵׁ֤ם ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֬י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Transliteration

yaʿankā YHWH in-yôm ṣārâ yəśaggebkā šēm ʾĕlōhê Yaʿăqōb

Grammar Details

• *yaʿankā*: imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - may he answer you
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - day
• *ṣārâ*: feminine singular noun - trouble/distress
• *yəśaggebkā*: imperfect 3rd masculine singular piel with 2nd masculine singular suffix - may he set you on high
• *šēm*: masculine singular construct noun - name of
• *ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct noun - God of
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

• *yaʿankā*: answer you/respond to you
• *ṣārâ*: trouble/distress/adversity
• *yəśaggebkā*: set you on high/protect you/defend you

Referenced Verses

• Ps 73:17 : 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
• Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
• Isa 37:34-35 : 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• 2 Sam 5:7 : 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
• 2 Sam 6:17 : 17 And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
• 1 Kgs 6:16 : 16 And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
• 1 Kgs 8:44-45 : 44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name; 45 then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
• 2 Chr 20:8-9 : 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.
• Ps 3:4 : 4 I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. {Selah}