Psalms 56:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word),

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֥֨ז יָ֘שׁ֤וּבוּ אוֹיְבַ֣י אָ֭חוֹר בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָ֑א זֶה־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים לִֽי׃

Transliteration

Then yāšûbû ʾôyəbay ʾāḥôr in-yôm ʾeqrāʾ this-yādaʿtî that-ʾĕlōhîm to-me

Grammar Details

*yāšûbû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they turn back
*ʾôyəbay*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
*ʾāḥôr*: adverb - backward
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with bet prefix - in day
*ʾeqrāʾ*: Qal imperfect 1st singular - I call/cry out
*yādaʿtî*: Qal perfect 1st singular - I know
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun used as singular - God

Word Meanings

*yāšûbû*: they turn back/they return/they retreat
*ʾôyəbay*: my enemies/my foes/those hostile to me
*ʾāḥôr*: backward/back/behind
*ʾeqrāʾ*: I call/I cry out/I call upon
*yādaʿtî*: I know/I have known/I recognize

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 32:11 : 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.
Ps 56:4 : 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
Ps 60:6 : 6 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Heb 6:18 : 18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us:
2 Pet 1:4 : 4 whereby {G1223} he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust.

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