Psalms 55:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עַל־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ יְהָבְךָ֮ וְה֢וּא יְכַ֫לְכְּלֶ֥ךָ לֹא־יִתֵּ֖ן לְעוֹלָ֥ם מ֗וֹט לַצַּדִּֽיק׃

Transliteration

hašlēk upon YHWH yəhābəkā and he yəkalkelekā; not yittēn forever môṭ for the ṣaddîq

Grammar Details

*hašlēk*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - cast
*YHWH*: proper divine name with prefixed preposition ʿal (upon) - upon Yahweh
*yəhābəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your burden
*wəhûʾ*: waw conjunction with 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - and he
*yəkalkelekā*: pilpel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will sustain you
*yittēn*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will give/allow
*ləʿôlām*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition lamed (for) - forever
*môṭ*: masculine singular noun - tottering/falling
*ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective with prefixed preposition lamed (for) - for the righteous

Word Meanings

*hašlēk*: cast/throw/fling
*YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD
*yəhābəkā*: your burden/what he has given you/your lot
*yəkalkelekā*: he will sustain you/he will provide for you/he will maintain you
*yittēn*: he will give/he will allow/he will permit
*ləʿôlām*: forever/eternally
*môṭ*: tottering/falling/being moved
*ṣaddîq*: righteous person/just one

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 15:32 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.
Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it]. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.
Prov 15:11 : 11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
Prov 27:20 : 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Eccl 7:17 : 17 Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, in thee have I trusted, Let me not be put to shame; Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Ps 59:12-13 : 12 [ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. {H5542}
Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

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