Psalms 49:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַטֶּ֣ה לְמָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר חִידָתֽ͏ִי׃

Transliteration

ʾaṭṭeh to-māšāl ʾoznî ʾeftaḥ with-kinnôr ḥîdātî

Grammar Details

• *ʾaṭṭeh*: verb hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - 'I will incline/turn'
• *māšāl*: noun masculine singular with prefixed preposition lamed - 'to a proverb/parable'
• *ʾoznî*: noun feminine singular with 1st person suffix - 'my ear'
• *ʾeftaḥ*: verb qal imperfect 1st person singular - 'I will open/disclose'
• *kinnôr*: noun masculine singular with prefixed preposition bet - 'with a harp/lyre'
• *ḥîdātî*: noun feminine singular with 1st person suffix - 'my riddle/enigma'

Word Meanings

• *māšāl*: proverb/parable/saying
• *kinnôr*: harp/lyre
• *ḥîdātî*: riddle/enigma/dark saying

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:17 : 17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.
• 1 Sam 26:20 : 20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
• Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
• Ps 23:4 : 4 Yea, thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
• Ps 27:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
• Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
• Ps 46:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;
• Ps 56:6-7 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
• Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
• Prov 24:10 : 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
• Isa 41:10-11 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
• Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
• Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
• Acts 27:24 : 24 saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.
• Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
• Eph 5:16 : 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Phil 1:28 : 28 and {G3361} in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which {G3303} is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;