Psalms 30:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To the end that [my] glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָפַ֣כְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי֮ לְמָח֢וֹל לִ֥י פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃

Transliteration

Hāpaḵtā misppədî to-māḥôl for-me pittaḥtā śaqqî wa-təʾazzərēnî śimḥâ

Grammar Details

*Hāpaḵtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have turned
*misppədî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mourning/wailing
*māḥôl*: masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - to dancing
*pittaḥtā*: Piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have loosed/opened
*śaqqî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my sackcloth
*wa-təʾazzərēnî*: Piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with waw consecutive and 1st person singular suffix - and you have girded me
*śimḥâ*: feminine singular - joy/gladness

Word Meanings

*Hāpaḵtā*: turned/transformed/changed
*misppədî*: my mourning/my wailing/my lamentation
*māḥôl*: dancing/dance
*pittaḥtā*: loosed/opened/untied/removed
*śaqqî*: my sackcloth/my mourning clothes
*təʾazzərēnî*: girded me/clothed me/equipped me/surrounded me
*śimḥâ*: joy/gladness/rejoicing

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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 16:9 : 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
Ps 57:8 : 8 Awake up, my glory; Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.
Ps 71:14 : 14 But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more.
Ps 71:23 : 23 My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Ps 145:2 : 2 Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Ps 146:1-2 : 1 Praise ye Jehovah. Praise Jehovah, O my soul. 2 While I live will I praise Jehovah: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Luke 19:40 : 40 And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
Acts 4:20 : 20 for we {G1410} cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
Rev 4:8-9 : 8 and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come. 9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever,
Rev 7:12 : 12 saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Ps 44:8 : 8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. {H5542}
Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked [ an ox.]
Ps 13:6 : 6 I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

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