Psalms 55:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁמַ֤ע ׀ אֵ֨ל ׀ וְֽיַעֲנֵם֮ וְיֹ֤שֵׁ֥ב קֶ֗דֶם סֶ֥לָה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵ֣ין חֲלִיפ֣וֹת לָ֑מוֹ וְלֹ֖א יָרְא֣וּ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

yišmaʿ ʾēl wəyaʿănēm wəyōšēb qedem selāh ʾăšer ʾên ḥălîpôt lāmô wəlōʾ yārəʾû ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*yišmaʿ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will hear
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God
*wəyaʿănēm*: waw conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and he will afflict them
*wəyōšēb*: waw conjunction with qal participle, masculine singular - and sitting/dwelling
*qedem*: masculine singular noun - ancient times/of old
*selāh*: musical notation - selah/pause
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there are no
*ḥălîpôt*: feminine plural noun - changes
*lāmô*: preposition lamed with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them
*wəlōʾ*: waw conjunction with negative particle - and not
*yārəʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they fear
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (divine plural) - God

Word Meanings

*yišmaʿ*: he will hear/he hears
*ʾēl*: God/Mighty One
*yaʿănēm*: he will afflict them/he will answer them/he will humble them
*yōšēb*: sitting/dwelling/enthroned
*qedem*: ancient times/of old/from eternity
*selāh*: musical pause/interlude/lift up
*ḥălîpôt*: changes/alterations
*yārəʾû*: they fear/they revere/they are afraid of
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being

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Referenced Verses

Ps 89:34 : 34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
Acts 12:1 : 1 Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.
Ps 89:28 : 28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
Ps 89:38 : 38 But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
Ps 109:5 : 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Ps 120:6-7 : 6 My soul hath long had her dwelling With him that hateth peace. 7 I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
Eccl 8:2 : 2 I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ezek 17:16-19 : 16 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons. 18 For he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet hath done all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.
1 Sam 22:17 : 17 And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah's anointed.
2 Sam 2:4 : 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.
2 Sam 5:3 : 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Sam 14:32-33 : 32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me. 33 So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
2 Sam 15:10-12 : 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron. 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not anything. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Sam 18:12 : 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [pieces of] silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

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