Psalms 32:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַבִּ֥ים מַכְאוֹבִ֗ים לָרָ֫שָׁ֥ע וְהַבּוֹטֵ֥חַ בַּיהוָ֑ה חֶ֝֗סֶד יְסוֹבְבֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

rabbîm maḵʾôḇîm lārāšāʿ wəhabbôṭēaḥ baYHWH ḥeseḏ yəsôḇḇennû.

Grammar Details

*rabbîm*: masculine plural adjective - many
*maḵʾôḇîm*: masculine plural noun - sorrows/pains
*lārāšāʿ*: preposition *lə-* + definite article + masculine singular noun - for the wicked
*wəhabbôṭēaḥ*: conjunction *wə-* + definite article + qal participle masculine singular - but the one trusting
*baYHWH*: preposition *bə-* + divine name - in YHWH
*ḥeseḏ*: masculine singular noun - lovingkindness/steadfast love
*yəsôḇḇennû*: piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it will surround him

Word Meanings

*maḵʾôḇîm*: sorrows/pains/sufferings
*rāšāʿ*: wicked person/evildoer/criminal
*bôṭēaḥ*: one trusting/one who relies on
*ḥeseḏ*: lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/covenant faithfulness
*yəsôḇḇennû*: it will surround him/it will encompass him

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:20 : 20 He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.
Prov 13:21 : 21 Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
Ps 5:12 : 12 For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 16:4 : 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another [god]: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.
Ps 34:8 : 8 Oh taste and see that Jehovah is good: Blessed is the man that taketh refuge in him.
Ps 84:12 : 12 O Jehovah of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Ps 146:5 : 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
Ps 147:11 : 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
Ps 34:19-21 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Ps 40:4 : 4 Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Eccl 8:12 : 12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him:
Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Isa 12:2-3 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation. 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isa 57:21 : 21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation, 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which {G3713} some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.

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