Psalms 54:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ֭לֹהִים בְּשִׁמְךָ֣ הוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נִי וּבִגְבוּרָתְךָ֥ תְדִינֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlōhîm, by šimḵā hôšîʿēnî, and by gəḇûrātḵā təḏînēnî.

Grammar Details

*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun used as singular - 'God'
*šimḵā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and preposition בְּ - 'by your name'
*hôšîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'save me'
*gəḇûrātḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and preposition בְּ - 'by your might/power'
*təḏînēnî*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'judge me/vindicate me'

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods
*hôšîʿēnî*: save me/deliver me/rescue me
*gəḇûrātḵā*: might/power/strength
*təḏînēnî*: judge me/vindicate me/defend me

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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 86:14 : 14 O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
Ps 36:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
Ps 53:4 : 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon God?
Ps 59:3-5 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. 4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold. 5 Even thou, O Jehovah God of hosts, the God of Israel, Arise to visit all the nations: Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. {H5542}
Ps 69:8 : 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children.
Matt 27:20-23 : 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 But the governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will ye that I release unto you? And they said, Barabbas. 22 Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified. 23 And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.
John 16:3 : 3 And these things will they do, {G5213} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Job 19:13-15 : 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

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