Psalms 40:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָ֘שִׂ֤ישׂוּ וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ ׀ בְּךָ֗ כָּֽל־מְבַ֫קְשֶׁ֥יךָ יֹאמְר֣וּ תָ֭מִיד יִגְדַּ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה אֹֽ֝הֲבֵ֗י תְּשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ

Transliteration

Yāśîśû wəyiśməḥû in you, all those məbaqšeykā; they will yōʾmərû tāmîd, 'Yiḡdal YHWH', those ʾōhăbê təšûʿāteḵā

Grammar Details

*Yāśîśû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will rejoice'
*wəyiśməḥû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'and they will be glad'
*məbaqšeykā*: Piel participle, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'those who seek you'
*yōʾmərû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will say'
*tāmîd*: adverb - 'continually/always'
*Yiḡdal*: Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'may he be magnified'
*YHWH*: proper divine name
*ʾōhăbê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'those who love'
*təšûʿāteḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your salvation'

Word Meanings

*Yāśîśû*: they will rejoice/they will be joyful/they will exult
*wəyiśməḥû*: and they will be glad/and they will rejoice/and they will be happy
*məbaqšeykā*: those who seek you/those who inquire of you/those searching for you
*tāmîd*: continually/always/perpetually
*Yiḡdal*: may he be magnified/may he be great/let him be exalted
*ʾōhăbê*: those who love/those devoted to
*təšûʿāteḵā*: your salvation/your deliverance/your help/your victory

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 70:5 : 5 But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Isa 41:17 : 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Heb 13:6 : 6 So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; {G2532} I will not fear: What shall man do unto me?
1 Pet 5:7 : 7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
Ps 54:4 : 4 Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.
Ps 69:33 : 33 For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.
Ps 86:1 : 1 A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Ps 143:7-8 : 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: {G3483} come, Lord Jesus.
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
Isa 50:7-9 : 7 For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand up together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. 9 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

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