Psalms 30:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou, Jehovah, of thy favor hadst made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַ֭אֲנִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִ֑י בַּל־אֶמּ֥וֹט לְעוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Wa-ʾănî ʾāmartî in-šalwî bal-ʾemmôṭ for-ʿôlām

Grammar Details

*Wa-ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun with waw conjunction - and I
*ʾāmartî*: Qal perfect 1st person singular - I said
*šalwî*: masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in my prosperity/ease
*bal*: negative particle - not
*ʾemmôṭ*: Niphal imperfect 1st person singular - I will be moved/shaken
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - forever

Word Meanings

*šalwî*: my prosperity/my security/my ease/my tranquility
*bal*: not/never
*ʾemmôṭ*: be moved/be shaken/be disturbed/totter
*ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:29 : 29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.
Ps 143:7 : 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Deut 31:17 : 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
1 Chr 17:26-27 : 26 And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: 27 and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
Job 10:12 : 12 Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Job 30:26-31 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me. 28 I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. 29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. 30 My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat. 31 Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
Ps 5:12 : 12 For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 13:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 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?
Ps 18:35-36 : 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.
Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy [cometh] in the morning.
Ps 40:2 : 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.
Ps 44:3 : 3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.
Ps 89:17 : 17 For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
Ps 102:10 : 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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