Psalms 55:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָלְק֤וּ ׀ מַחְמָאֹ֣ת פִּיו֮ וּֽקֲרָב־לִ֫בּ֥וֹ רַכּ֖וּ דְבָרָ֥יו מִשֶּׁ֗מֶן וְהֵ֣מָּה פְתִחֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

ḥālqû maḥmāʾōt pîw ûqərāb-libbô rakkû dəbārāyw miššemen wəhēmmāh pətiḥôt

Grammar Details

• *ḥālqû*: qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are smooth
• *maḥmāʾōt*: feminine plural noun - butter/curds
• *pîw*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth
• *ûqərāb-libbô*: waw conjunction with masculine singular noun and masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and battle is his heart
• *rakkû*: qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are softer
• *dəbārāyw*: masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his words
• *miššemen*: masculine singular noun with prefixed comparative min (than) - than oil
• *wəhēmmāh*: waw conjunction with 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - but they
• *pətiḥôt*: feminine plural passive participle - drawn swords

Word Meanings

• *ḥālqû*: they are smooth/they are slippery
• *maḥmāʾōt*: butter/curds/cream
• *pîw*: his mouth
• *qərāb-libbô*: battle is his heart/his heart is at war
• *rakkû*: they are softer/they are smoother
• *dəbārāyw*: his words/his sayings
• *šemen*: oil
• *pətiḥôt*: drawn swords/opened/unsheathed weapons

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:5 : 5 Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass.
• 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
• Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
• Phil 4:6-7 : 6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
• Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
• Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
• Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.
• Matt 6:31-34 : 31 Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
• 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
• Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
• Matt 11:28 : 28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. {H5542}
• Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
• Luke 12:22 : 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore {G5124} I say unto you, Be not anxious for [your] life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
• John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
• Ps 42:10-11 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
• Ps 121:3 : 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.