Psalms 5:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֭קֶר תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלִ֑י בֹּ֥קֶר אֶֽעֱרָךְ־לְ֝ךָ֗ וַאֲצַפֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

YHWH bōqer tišmaʿ qôlî bōqer ʾeʿĕrāk-to-ləkā and-ʾăṣappeh

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*bōqer*: masculine singular noun - morning
*tišmaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will hear
*qôlî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my voice
*ʾeʿĕrāk*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will arrange/set in order
*ləkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/for you
*ʾăṣappeh*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will watch/look

Word Meanings

*bōqer*: morning/daybreak
*tišmaʿ*: you will hear/listen
*ʾeʿĕrāk*: I will arrange/set in order/direct/prepare
*ʾăṣappeh*: I will watch/look expectantly/wait/hope

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.
Ps 11:5 : 5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Ps 50:21 : 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
Ps 92:15 : 15 To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Ps 94:20 : 20 Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
Ps 101:7 : 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that speaketh falsehood shall not be established before mine eyes.
Ps 140:13 : 13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: The upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
Mal 2:17 : 17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?
John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein {G3739} dwelleth righteousness.
Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
Rev 21:27 : 27 and there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are written in the Lamb's book of life.

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