Psalms 35:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָאִ֣יתָה יְ֭הוָה אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַ֑שׁ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י אֲל־תִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

Rāʾîtāh Yahweh, ʾal-teḥĕraš; ʾĂdōnāy, ʾal-tirḥaq mimmennî.

Grammar Details

*Rāʾîtāh*: perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have seen
*Yahweh*: divine name, vocative position
*ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
*teḥĕraš*: imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - be silent
*ʾĂdōnāy*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord
*tirḥaq*: imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - be far
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me

Word Meanings

*Rāʾîtāh*: you have seen/observed/witnessed
*teḥĕraš*: be silent/keep quiet/hold your peace
*ʾĂdōnāy*: my Lord/Master
*tirḥaq*: be far/distant/remote
*mimmennî*: from me/away from me

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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

Exod 3:7 : 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 28:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Ps 38:21 : 21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 22:11 : 11 Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
Ps 71:12 : 12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 83:1 : 1 A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Isa 65:6 : 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom,
Acts 7:34 : 34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Ps 22:19 : 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Ps 50:21 : 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

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