Psalms 23:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְ לְפָנַ֨י ׀ שֻׁלְחָ֗ן נֶ֥גֶד צֹרְרָ֑י דִּשַּׁ֖נְתָּ בַשֶּׁ֥מֶן רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י כּוֹסִ֥י רְוָיָֽה׃

Transliteration

You ta'arōk before me šulḥān against ṣōrerāy; you diššantā baššemen my rō'šî, my kôsî rewāyāh.

Grammar Details

*ta'arōk*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you prepare/arrange
*lepānay*: preposition + noun, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - before me/in front of me
*šulḥān*: noun, masculine, singular - table
*neged*: preposition - in front of/against/opposite
*ṣōrerāy*: verb, Qal participle, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my enemies/those who trouble me
*diššantā*: verb, Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you anoint/make fat
*baššemen*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - with the oil
*rō'šî*: noun, masculine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my head
*kôsî*: noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cup
*rewāyāh*: adjective, feminine, singular - overflowing/abundant

Word Meanings

*ta'arōk*: you prepare/you arrange/you set
*šulḥān*: table/meal/feast
*ṣōrerāy*: my enemies/my oppressors/those who show hostility to me
*diššantā*: you anoint/you make abundant/you make fat
*baššemen*: with oil/with fat
*kôsî rewāyāh*: my cup overflows/my cup is abundant/my cup is satiated

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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

Ps 16:5 : 5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
Ps 92:10 : 10 But my horn hast thou exalted like [the horn of] the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil.
Ps 45:7 : 7 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness: Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Eph 3:20 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Ps 31:19-20 : 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men! 20 In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Job 36:16 : 16 Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
Ps 22:26 : 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
1 John 2:20 : 20 And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.
1 John 2:27 : 27 And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need {G5532} not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
John 16:22 : 22 And ye therefore {G3303} now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
John 6:53-56 : 53 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except {G3361} ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. 54 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.
John 10:9-9 : 9 I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and {G2443} may have [it] abundantly.
1 Cor 10:16 : 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?
2 Cor 1:21 : 21 Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
Ps 22:29 : 29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.
Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, [And] oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.
Ps 116:13 : 13 I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of Jehovah.
Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Ps 78:19 : 19 Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

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