Psalms 38:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִי תַּ֣חַת *רדופי־**רָֽדְפִי־טֽוֹב׃

Transliteration

And məšalləmê rā'āh under ṭôḇāh yiśṭənûnî under roḏəp̄î-ṭôḇ

Grammar Details

*məšalləmê*: piel participle plural construct - those repaying
*rā'āh*: noun - evil/harm
*ṭôḇāh*: noun - goodness
*yiśṭənûnî*: qal imperfect 3rd person plural with 1st person suffix - they oppose me
*roḏəp̄î-ṭôḇ*: infinitive construct with 1st person suffix - my pursuing good

Word Meanings

*šillēm*: repay/reward/recompense
*rā'āh*: evil/harm/distress
*ṭôḇāh*: goodness/welfare/prosperity
*śāṭan*: oppose/be an adversary
*rāḏap̄*: pursue/chase/follow after
*ṭôḇ*: good/pleasant/agreeable

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
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

Ps 22:19 : 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 22:24 : 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Ps 35:21-22 : 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. 22 Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Ps 22:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 22:11 : 11 Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

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