Psalms 32:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַתָּ֤ה ׀ סֵ֥תֶר לִי֮ מִצַּ֢ר תִּצְּרֵ֥נִי רָנֵּ֥י פַלֵּ֑ט תְּס֖וֹבְבֵ֣נִי סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

ʾattâ sēter lî miṣṣar tiṣṣərēnî rānnê pallēṭ təsôḇḇēnî selâ.

Grammar Details

*ʾattâ*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
*sēter*: masculine singular noun - hiding place/shelter
*lî*: preposition *lə-* with 1st person singular suffix - for me
*miṣṣar*: preposition *min* + masculine singular noun - from trouble
*tiṣṣərēnî*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will preserve me
*rānnê*: feminine plural construct noun - songs of
*pallēṭ*: piel infinitive construct - deliverance/escape
*təsôḇḇēnî*: piel imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you will surround me
*selâ*: musical notation/pause

Word Meanings

*sēter*: hiding place/shelter/secret place
*ṣar*: trouble/distress/enemy
*tiṣṣərēnî*: you will preserve me/you will protect me/you will guard me
*rānnê* *pallēṭ*: songs of deliverance/shouts of deliverance/joy of rescue
*təsôḇḇēnî*: you will surround me/you will encompass me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:9 : 9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
Ps 119:114 : 114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
Judg 5:1 : 1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Ps 31:20 : 20 In the covert of thy presence wilt thou hide them from the plottings of man: Thou wilt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Ps 40:3 : 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.
Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
Exod 15:1-3 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 Jehovah is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 Jehovah is a man of war: Jehovah is his name.
Ps 143:9 : 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Jer 36:26 : 26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.
Col 3:3 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Rev 7:10 : 10 and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Rev 15:2-3 : 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast, and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing by the sea of glass, having harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
2 Sam 22:1 : 1 And David spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
Ps 5:12 : 12 For thou wilt bless the righteous; O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.
Ps 98:1 : 1 A Psalm. Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation for him.
Ps 32:10 : 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he that trusteth in Jehovah, lovingkindness shall compass him about.

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