Psalms 57:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוֹדְךָ֖ בָעַמִּ֥ים ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י אֲ֝זַמֶּרְךָ֗ בַּל־אֻמִּֽים

Transliteration

ʾôdəkā among-the-ʿammîm ʾădōnāy ʾăzammerkā among-bal-ʾummîm

Grammar Details

*ʾôdəkā*: verb, Hiphil imperfect 1cs with 2ms suffix - I will praise you
*ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural with preposition bet and definite article - among the peoples
*ʾădōnāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1cs suffix - my Lord (divine title)
*ʾăzammerkā*: verb, Piel imperfect 1cs with 2ms suffix - I will sing praises to you
*bal*: negative particle - not
*ʾummîm*: noun, masculine plural with preposition bet - among nations

Word Meanings

*yādâ*: praise/thank/confess
*ʿam*: people/nation
*ʾădōnāy*: my Lord/Lord (divine title)
*zāmar*: make music/sing praise
*bal*: particle of negation (used here as emphatic, not negative)
*ʾummâ*: people/nation/tribe

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 103:11 : 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.
Ps 36:5 : 5 Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the skies.
Ps 108:4 : 4 For thy lovingkindness is great above the heavens; And thy truth [reacheth] unto the skies.
Isa 54:7-9 : 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer. 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Ps 71:19 : 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
Ps 85:10-11 : 10 Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.
Ps 89:1-2 : 1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness wilt thou establish in the very heavens.
Heb 6:17-18 : 17 Wherein {G1722} God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath; 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:
Gen 9:9-9 : 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

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