Psalms 31:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּיָדְךָ֮ אַפְקִ֢יד ר֫וּחִ֥י פָּדִ֖יתָה אוֹתִ֥י יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣ל אֱמֶֽת׃

Transliteration

In-yādəkā ʾapqîd rûḥî; pādîtâ ʾôtî YHWH ʾēl ʾĕmet

Grammar Details

*yādəkā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition beth - in your hand
*ʾapqîd*: verb, imperfect/cohortative 1st person singular - I entrust/deposit
*rûḥî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my spirit
*pādîtâ*: verb, perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have redeemed
*ʾôtî*: direct object marker with 1st person singular suffix - me
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God/mighty one
*ʾĕmet*: noun, feminine singular - truth/faithfulness

Word Meanings

*ʾapqîd*: entrust/deposit/commit
*rûḥî*: my spirit/breath/wind
*pādîtâ*: redeemed/ransomed/rescued
*ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
*ʾĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 26:5 : 5 I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
1 Cor 10:20 : 20 But [I say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.
1 Chr 16:28-29 : 28 Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength; 29 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him: Worship Jehovah in holy array.
Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
John 2:8 : 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare it.
Rom 1:21 : 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no {G2087} God but {G3361} one.
Ps 96:7-9 : 7 Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength. 8 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts. 9 Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth.
Ps 139:2 : 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Jer 10:15 : 15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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