Psalms 20:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה בָ֭רֶכֶב וְאֵ֣לֶּה בַסּוּסִ֑ים וַאֲנַ֓חְנוּ ׀ בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ נַזְכִּֽיר׃

Transliteration

ʾēlleh in-the-rekeb wĕ-ʾēlleh in-the-sûsîm waʾănaḥnû in-šēm-YHWH ʾĕlōhênû nazkîr

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun plural - these
*rekeb*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - chariot
*wĕ*: conjunction - and
*sûsîm*: masculine plural noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) and definite article - horses
*waʾănaḥnû*: conjunction and 1st person plural pronoun - but we
*šēm*: masculine singular construct noun with prefixed preposition bet (in) - name of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our God
*nazkîr*: hiphil imperfect 1st person plural - we will remember/mention

Word Meanings

*rekeb*: chariot/chariotry/war vehicles
*nazkîr*: remember/mention/invoke/trust in

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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

Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Ps 34:21-22 : 21 Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned. 22 Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; And none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned.
Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
Ps 146:5-9 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God: 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever; 7 Who executeth justice for the oppressed; Who giveth food to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners; 8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous; 9 Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.

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