Psalms 49:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַךְ־אֱלֹהִ֗ים יִפְדֶּ֣ה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִֽיַּד־שְׁא֑וֹל כִּ֖י יִקָּחֵ֣נִי סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

Surely-ʾĕlōhîm yifdeh nafšî from-yad-šəʾôl for yiqqāḥēnî selāh

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - 'God'
• *yifdeh*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'will redeem'
• *nafšî*: noun feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my soul/life'
• *yad*: noun feminine singular construct - 'hand/power of'
• *šəʾôl*: noun feminine singular - 'Sheol/grave'
• *yiqqāḥēnî*: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'he will take me'
• *selāh*: musical notation or liturgical direction

Word Meanings

• *nafšî*: my soul/life/self
• *yad*: hand/power/control
• *šəʾôl*: Sheol/grave/underworld
• *yiqqāḥēnî*: he will take me/receive me/accept me

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
• Ps 49:5 : 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?
• Prov 28:12 : 12 When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
• Rev 21:24 : 24 And the nations {G4982} shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory {G2532} {G5092} into it.
• Rev 21:26 : 26 and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:
• Gen 31:1 : 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
• Esth 3:1-6 : 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. 2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence. 3 Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
• Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
• Ps 37:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.