Psalms 37:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַ֤עַר ׀ הָיִ֗יתִי גַּם־זָ֫קַ֥נְתִּי וְֽלֹא־רָ֭אִיתִי צַדִּ֣יק נֶעֱזָ֑ב וְ֝זַרְע֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָֽחֶם׃

Transliteration

A naʿar I hāyîtî, also I have zāqantî, and I have not rāʾîtî ṣaddîq neʿĕzāb, nor his zarʿô məbaqqēš-lāḥem.

Grammar Details

*naʿar*: masculine singular noun - young man/youth
*hāyîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I was/have been
*gam*: adverb - also/even
*zāqantî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have grown old
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + particle of negation - and not
*rāʾîtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen
*ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective/noun - righteous person
*neʿĕzāb*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - forsaken/abandoned
*zarʿô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his offspring/seed
*məbaqqēš*: Piel participle, masculine singular - seeking/begging for
*lāḥem*: masculine singular noun - bread/food

Word Meanings

*naʿar*: young man/youth/boy
*zāqantî*: I have grown old/I am now old
*neʿĕzāb*: forsaken/abandoned/left destitute
*zarʿô məbaqqēš-lāḥem*: his offspring begging for bread/his descendants seeking food

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Referenced Verses

Heb 13:5 : 5 Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.
Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; And his seed shall inherit the land.
1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For Jehovah will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it hath pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself.
Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Heb 12:5-6 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Prov 13:22 : 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
2 Cor 4:9 : 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting, 9 yet for love's sake I rather beseech, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus:
Luke 1:53-55 : 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away. 54 He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy 55 (As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and {G4690} his seed for ever.
Acts 21:16 : 16 And there went with us also [certain] of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing [with them] one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Ps 59:15 : 15 They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
Ps 94:14 : 14 For Jehovah will not cast off his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Job 15:23 : 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Job 32:6-7 : 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
Josh 1:5 : 5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Ps 109:10 : 10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
Isa 13:16 : 16 Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

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