Psalms 36:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee, And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־עִ֭מְּךָ מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים בְּ֝אוֹרְךָ֗ נִרְאֶה־אֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

For-with-ʿimmᵊḵā mᵊqôr ḥayyîm in-ʾôrᵊḵā nirʾeh-ʾôr

Grammar Details

• *ʿimmᵊḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (you) - with you
• *mᵊqôr*: masculine, singular construct - fountain/source of
• *ḥayyîm*: masculine, plural - life
• *ʾôrᵊḵā*: masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix (your) and prefixed preposition בְּ (in) - in your light
• *nirʾeh*: qal imperfect, 1st person plural - we see
• *ʾôr*: masculine, singular - light

Word Meanings

• *ʿimmᵊḵā*: with you/in your presence
• *mᵊqôr*: fountain/source/spring
• *ḥayyîm*: life/living
• *ʾôrᵊḵā*: your light/illumination
• *nirʾeh*: we see/perceive/experience
• *ʾôr*: light/daylight/illumination

Referenced Verses

• Jer 22:16 : 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
• Ps 97:10-11 : 10 O ye that love Jehovah, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of his saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
• Ps 143:1-2 : 1 A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; Give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
• Isa 51:6-8 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
• Ps 7:8-9 : 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me. 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts. 10 My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee; For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Ps 18:24-25 : 24 Therefore hath Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect;
• Ps 94:14-15 : 14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance. 15 For judgment shall return unto righteousness; And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
• Jer 31:3 : 3 Jehovah appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
• John 15:9-9 : 9 Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
• 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith: 8 henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
• Heb 8:11 : 11 And they shall not {G3361} teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.