Psalms 35:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁפְטֵ֣נִי כְ֭צִדְקְךָ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֗י וְאַל־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

Šāpṭēnî kə-ṣidqəkā Yahweh ʾĔlōhāy; wə-ʾal-yiśməḥû-lî.

Grammar Details

*Šāpṭēnî*: imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - judge me
*kə*: preposition - according to
*ṣidqəkā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness
*Yahweh*: divine name, vocative position
*ʾĔlōhāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my God
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾal*: negative particle - not/do not
*yiśməḥû*: imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine plural - let them rejoice
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - over me

Word Meanings

*Šāpṭēnî*: judge me/vindicate me/defend me
*ṣidqəkā*: your righteousness/justice/rightness
*ʾĔlōhāy*: my God/deity
*yiśməḥû*: let them rejoice/be glad/celebrate
*lî*: over me/because of me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 26:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 35:19 : 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Ps 7:8 : 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20-24 : 20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his ordinances were before me, And I put not away his statutes from me. 23 I was also perfect with him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
2 Thess 1:6 : 6 if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
1 Pet 2:22 : 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

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