Psalms 31:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah: I said, Thou art my God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי ׀ דִּבַּ֥ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֢וֹר מִסָּ֫בִ֥יב בְּהִוָּסְדָ֣ם יַ֣חַד עָלַ֑י לָקַ֖חַת נַפְשִׁ֣י זָמָֽמוּ׃

Transliteration

For šāmaʿtî dibbat rabbîm, māgôr from-sābîb; in-hiwwāsədām yaḥad upon-me, to-lāqaḥat napšî zāmāmû

Grammar Details

*šāmaʿtî*: verb, perfect 1st person singular - I have heard
*dibbat*: noun, feminine singular construct - slander/evil report of
*rabbîm*: adjective, masculine plural - many
*māgôr*: noun, masculine singular - terror/fear
*sābîb*: adverb with prefixed preposition min - from around
*hiwwāsədām*: verb, Niphal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition beth - in their conspiring
*yaḥad*: adverb - together
*lāqaḥat*: verb, infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lamed - to take
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life
*zāmāmû*: verb, perfect 3rd person plural - they plotted/planned

Word Meanings

*dibbat*: slander/evil report/whispering
*māgôr*: terror/fear/dread
*hiwwāsədām*: their conspiring/gathering together/plotting
*napšî*: my soul/life/being
*zāmāmû*: plotted/schemed/planned

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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 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 56:3-4 : 3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee. 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
Ps 71:12 : 12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 71:22 : 22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [Even] thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Ps 140:6 : 6 I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.
Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matt 26:42 : 42 Again a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Ps 16:1-2 : 1 Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge. 2 [ O my soul], thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
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 22:1-2 : 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? 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

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