Psalms 55:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַאֲזִ֣ינָה אֱ֭לֹהִים תְּפִלָּתִ֑י וְאַל־תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗ם מִתְּחִנָּתִֽי׃

Transliteration

haʾăzînāh ʾĕlōhîm təpillātî and ʾal-titəʿallam from təḥinnātî

Grammar Details

*haʾăzînāh*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - give ear/listen
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (divine plural) - God
*təpillātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my prayer
*ʾal-titəʿallam*: negative particle with hithpael imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - do not hide yourself
*təḥinnātî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix and prefixed preposition min (from) - from my supplication

Word Meanings

*haʾăzînāh*: give ear/listen attentively/pay heed
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
*təpillātî*: my prayer/petition
*titəʿallam*: hide yourself/ignore/turn away
*təḥinnātî*: my supplication/plea for mercy/entreaty

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
Isa 59:11 : 11 We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Ps 13:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Ps 43:2 : 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 64:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Ps 66:19 : 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542}
Ps 102:9-9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.

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