Psalms 21:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫כִּֽי־הַ֭מֶּלֶךְ בֹּטֵ֣חַ בַּיהוָ֑ה וּבְחֶ֥סֶד עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן בַּל־יִמּֽוֹט׃‬

Transliteration

For hammelek bōṭēaḥ in-YHWH and-in-ḥesed ʿelyôn bal-yimmôṭ

Grammar Details

• *hammelek*: definite article + masculine singular noun + conjunction ki - for the king
• *bōṭēaḥ*: masculine singular Qal participle - trusting
• *YHWH*: divine name with preposition bet - in Yahweh/LORD
• *ḥesed*: masculine singular noun with preposition bet + conjunction waw - and in lovingkindness
• *ʿelyôn*: masculine singular adjective/name - Most High
• *bal*: negative particle - not
• *yimmôṭ*: 3rd person masculine singular Niphal imperfect - he will be shaken

Word Meanings

• *hammelek*: the king/ruler/sovereign
• *bōṭēaḥ*: trusting/relying/having confidence
• *ḥesed*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/covenant faithfulness
• *ʿelyôn*: Most High/Highest/Supreme
• *yimmôṭ*: be shaken/be moved/be dislodged

Referenced Verses

• Isa 10:10 : 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
• Amos 9:2-3 : 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
• Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reign, till he {G302} hath put all his enemies under his feet.
• Heb 10:28-29 : 28 A man that hath set at nought Moses law dieth without compassion on [the word of] two or three witnesses: 29 of how much sorer punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith {G1722} he was sanctified an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
• Rev 19:15 : 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress {G3631} of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
• 1 Sam 25:29 : 29 And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.
• 1 Sam 31:3 : 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
• 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
• Ps 2:9 : 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
• Ps 18:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
• Ps 72:9 : 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; And his enemies shall lick the dust.
• Ps 89:22-23 : 22 The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.
• Ps 110:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.