Psalms 3:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ק֖וֹלִי אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִי מֵהַ֖ר קָדְשׁ֣וֹ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

qôlî unto YHWH ʾeqrāʾ wayyaʿănēnî from har qādšô selāh

Grammar Details

*qôlî*: noun, masculine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my voice
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name with preposition *ʾel* - to the LORD
*ʾeqrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I call/cry out
*wayyaʿănēnî*: verb, qal imperfect with consecutive waw, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and he answers me
*har*: noun, masculine, singular with preposition *min* - from the mountain of
*qādšô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness/holy place
*selāh*: musical notation/pause term

Word Meanings

*ʾeqrāʾ*: I call/cry out/invoke
*wayyaʿănēnî*: and he answers/responds to me
*har qādšô*: his holy mountain/his holy hill/mountain of his holiness
*selāh*: musical pause/lift up/interlude (exact meaning uncertain)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 4:8 : 8 In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Lev 26:6 : 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Prov 3:24 : 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Job 11:18-19 : 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Prov 14:26 : 26 In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refuge.
Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Isa 26:3 : 3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed [on thee]; because he trusteth in thee.
Ps 127:2 : 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Ps 66:9 : 9 Who holdeth our soul in life, And suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Acts 12:6 : 6 And when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and guards before the door kept the prison.

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