Psalms 44:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י לֹ֤א בְחַרְבָּ֡ם יָ֥רְשׁוּ אָ֗רֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם֮ לֹא־הוֹשִׁ֢יעָ֫ה לָּ֥מוֹ כִּֽי־יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וּ֭זְרוֹעֲךָ וְא֥וֹר פָּנֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣י רְצִיתָֽם׃

Transliteration

For not bĕḥarbām yārĕšû ʾāreṣ and zĕrôʿām not-hôšîʿāh lāmô for-yĕmînĕkā and-zĕrôʿăkā and-ʾôr pānêkā for rĕṣîtām

Grammar Details

*bĕḥarbām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - by their sword
*yārĕšû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they possessed/inherited
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
*zĕrôʿām*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their arm
*hôšîʿāh*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it saved
*lāmô*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them
*yĕmînĕkā*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your right hand
*zĕrôʿăkā*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and your arm
*ʾôr*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and light of
*pānêkā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
*rĕṣîtām*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you favored them

Word Meanings

*yārĕšû*: possessed/inherited/dispossessed
*zĕrôʿām*: arm/strength/power
*rĕṣîtām*: favored/delighted in/accepted favorably

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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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Referenced Verses

Ps 74:12 : 12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 89:18 : 18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Isa 33:22 : 22 For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
Mark 1:25-26 : 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26 And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
Mark 1:31 : 31 and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and {G2112} the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mark 1:41 : 41 And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean.
Mark 9:25 : 25 And when Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

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