Psalms 39:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֣ה מַה־קִוִּ֣יתִי אֲדֹנָ֑י תּ֝וֹחַלְתִּ֗י לְךָ֣ הִֽיא׃

Transliteration

And-ʿattāh what-qiwwîtî ʾădōnāy tôḥaltî to-kā hîʾ

Grammar Details

*ʿattāh*: adverb with prefixed conjunction 'wə' - and now
*qiwwîtî*: verb, piel perfect 1st person singular with interrogative 'mah' - what do I wait for
*ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix (divine title) - my Lord
*tôḥaltî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hope
*kā*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun with prefixed preposition 'lə' - in you
*hîʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - it (is)

Word Meanings

*ʿattāh*: now/at this time
*qiwwîtî*: I wait for/hope for/expect
*ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/my Master (divine title)
*tôḥaltî*: my hope/expectation/waiting

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 44:13 : 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Ps 79:4 : 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
Ps 119:39 : 39 Turn away my reproach whereof I am afraid; For thine ordinances are good.
Ps 130:8 : 8 And he will redeem Israel From all his iniquities.
Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
Joel 2:19 : 19 And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;
Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Matt 1:21 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins.
Rom 2:23-24 : 23 thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written.
Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {H5542} God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
Ps 65:3 : 3 Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
Ps 51:7-9 : 7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, And blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow: 8 Jehovah hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art [taken] in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.
Ps 25:11 : 11 For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
Ps 25:18 : 18 Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.
Ps 35:21 : 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

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