Psalms 22:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־רֹ֭אַי יַלְעִ֣גוּ לִ֑י יַפְטִ֥ירוּ בְ֝שָׂפָ֗ה יָנִ֥יעוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃

Transliteration

All-rōʾay yalʿîgû to-me yapṭîrû with-śāpâ yānîʿû rōʾš

Grammar Details

*rōʾay*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'those seeing me'
*yalʿîgû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they mock'
*yapṭîrû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they open/separate'
*śāpâ*: noun, feminine, singular - 'lip'
*yānîʿû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they shake/wag'
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine, singular - 'head'

Word Meanings

*rōʾay*: those seeing me/my observers
*yalʿîgû*: they mock/ridicule/scorn
*yapṭîrû*: they open/separate/shoot out
*śāpâ*: lip/speech/language
*yānîʿû*: they shake/wag/nod

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 91:14 : 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Matt 27:42-43 : 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Mark 15:30-32 : 30 save thyself, and come down from the cross. 31 In like manner also the chief priests mocking [him] among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he {G1410} cannot save. 32 Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.
Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Prov 16:3 : 3 Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Matt 3:17 : 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Ps 18:19 : 19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Matt 12:18 : 18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
Ps 3:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

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