Psalms 22:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the kingdom is Jehovah's; And he is the ruler over the nations.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִזְכְּר֤וּ ׀ וְיָשֻׁ֣בוּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְיִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לְ֝פָנֶ֗יךָ כָּֽל־מִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת גּוֹיִֽם׃

Transliteration

yizkərû and-yāšubû to-YHWH all-ʾapsê-ʾāreṣ and-yištaḥăwû before-you all-mišpəḥôt gôyim

Grammar Details

*yizkərû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will remember'
*yāšubû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will return'
*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾapsê*: noun, masculine plural construct - 'ends of'
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - 'earth/land'
*yištaḥăwû*: verb, hishtaphel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will bow down'
*mišpəḥôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'families of'
*gôyim*: noun, masculine plural - 'nations'

Word Meanings

*yizkərû*: they will remember/recall/bring to mind
*yāšubû*: they will return/turn/repent
*ʾapsê*: ends/extremities/boundaries of
*yištaḥăwû*: they will bow down/prostrate themselves/worship
*mišpəḥôt*: families/clans/tribes of
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles

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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

Obad 1:21 : 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.
Zech 14:9 : 9 And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.
Ps 47:7-8 : 7 For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the nations: God sitteth upon his holy throne.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
Rev 11:15 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become [the kingdom] of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Dan 7:14 : 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

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