Psalms 25:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֣ם כָּל־ק֭וֹיֶךָ לֹ֣א יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ יֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ הַבּוֹגְדִ֥ים רֵיקָֽם

Transliteration

gam kol-qôyêḵā not yēḇōšû yēḇōšû haḇḇôgĕdîm rêqām

Grammar Details

*gam*: adverb - 'also/indeed/moreover'
*kol-qôyêḵā*: noun construct + participle, Qal masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'all who wait for you'
*yēḇōšû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will be ashamed'
*haḇḇôgĕdîm*: definite article + participle, Qal masculine plural - 'the ones acting treacherously'
*rêqām*: adverb - 'emptily/without cause'

Word Meanings

*qôyêḵā*: those who wait for you/hope in you/expect you
*yēḇōšû*: be ashamed/be disappointed/be confounded
*haḇḇôgĕdîm*: the treacherous ones/the betrayers/the unfaithful
*rêqām*: without cause/in vain/emptily

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Referenced Verses

Lam 3:25 : 25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
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.
Ps 62:5 : 5 My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Mic 7:7 : 7 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Rom 8:25 : 25 But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.
Isa 25:9 : 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
Ps 40:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.
Jer 20:11 : 11 But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
Ps 123:2 : 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; So our eyes [look] unto Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us.
Ps 132:18 : 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.
Ps 37:34 : 34 Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Ps 69:6 : 6 Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
Ps 31:17 : 17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 70:2-3 : 2 Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
Ps 71:13 : 13 Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Ps 59:2-5 : 2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men. 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold. 5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. {H5542}
Ps 62:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. My soul waiteth in silence for God only: From him [cometh] my salvation.
Ps 119:78 : 78 Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
Ps 6:10 : 10 All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.
Ps 7:4-5 : 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
Ps 40:14-15 : 14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.
Ps 109:3 : 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
John 15:25 : 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Gen 49:13 : 13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon.

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Ps 69:6-7
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6Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.
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2O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
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26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
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17Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.
Ps 119:78
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78Let the proud be put to shame; For they have overthrown me wrongfully: [But] I will meditate on thy precepts.
Ps 40:14-15
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14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
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20Oh keep my soul, and deliver me: Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
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1For 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 83:16-17
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16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
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Isa 45:16-17
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Ps 70:2-3
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2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
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Jer 17:13
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13O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
Jer 20:11
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Isa 26:11
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Ps 34:5
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Isa 30:5
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Isa 54:4
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Ps 14:6
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Isa 45:24
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