Psalms 25:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י בְּךָ֣ בָ֭טַחְתִּי אַל־אֵב֑וֹשָׁה אַל־יַֽעַלְצ֖וּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhay in you I bāṭaḥtî ʾal-ʾēbôšāh ʾal-yaʿalṣû ʾōyĕbay to me

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my God'
*bāṭaḥtî*: verb, Qal perfect 1st person singular - 'I trust/have trusted'
*ʾal-ʾēbôšāh*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - 'let me not be ashamed'
*ʾal-yaʿalṣû*: negative particle + verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'let them not exult/triumph'
*ʾōyĕbay*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my enemies'

Word Meanings

*bāṭaḥtî*: I trust/I have trusted/I place my confidence
*ʾēbôšāh*: be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded
*yaʿalṣû*: exult/rejoice/triumph

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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 31:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge; Let me never be put to shame: Deliver me in thy righteousness.
Ps 41:11 : 11 By this I know that thou delightest in me, Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
Ps 71:1 : 1 In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge: Let me never be put to shame.
Isa 26:3 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee.
Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Rom 5:5 : 5 and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.
Rom 10:11 : 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
1 Pet 2:6 : 6 Because {G2532} it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not {G3361} be put to shame.
Isa 28:16 : 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious [corner-] [stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
Isa 36:14-20 : 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you: 15 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; 17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Isa 37:10 : 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Ps 94:3 : 3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Ps 56:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Ps 34:8 : 8 Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.
Ps 35:19-25 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 22 Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice [due] unto me, [Even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me. 25 Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Ps 37:40 : 40 And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Ps 7:1 : 1 Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
Ps 13:2-4 : 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death; 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Ps 22:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 22:5 : 5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: They trusted in thee, and were not put to shame.
Ps 22:8 : 8 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

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Ps 141:8
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Ps 7:1
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Ps 39:7-8
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Ps 27:11
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Jer 17:17-18
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Ps 119:78
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Ps 41:11
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Ps 91:2
70%
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