Psalms 37:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהוֹצִ֣יא כָא֣וֹר צִדְקֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטֶ֗ךָ כַּֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And he will bring forth like ʾôr your ṣidqeka, and your mišpāṭeka like ṣāhŏrāyim.

Grammar Details

*wəhôṣîʾ*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect (consecutive), 3rd person masculine singular - and he will bring forth
*kāʾôr*: preposition + masculine singular noun - like the light
*ṣidqeka*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness
*mišpāṭeka*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your justice/judgment
*ṣāhŏrāyim*: masculine dual noun - noon/midday

Word Meanings

*hôṣîʾ*: bring forth/bring out/make manifest
*ʾôr*: light/daylight/dawn
*ṣidqeka*: your righteousness/your justice/your righteous cause
*mišpāṭeka*: your justice/your judgment/your right/your cause
*ṣāhŏrāyim*: noon/midday/brightest part of day

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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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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 11:17 : 17 And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.
Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.
Isa 58:8 : 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.
Isa 58:10 : 10 and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday;
Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Matt 13:43 : 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Wherefore judge {G5100} nothing before {G302} the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
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.

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