Psalms 59:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תַּהַרְגֵ֤ם ׀ פֶּֽן־יִשְׁכְּח֬וּ עַמִּ֗י הֲנִיעֵ֣מוֹ בְ֭חֵילְךָ וְהוֹרִידֵ֑מוֹ מָֽגִנֵּ֣נוּ אֲדֹנָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tahargēm lest they yiškĕḥû ʿammî make them hănîʿēmô with ḥêlĕkā and bring them down hôrîdēmô our māginnēnû ʾădōnāy.

Grammar Details

*tahargēm*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix and negative particle ʾal- - do not kill them
*yiškĕḥû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd plural with conjunction pen- - lest they forget
*ʿammî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my people
*hănîʿēmô*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - cause them to wander/shake them
*ḥêlĕkā*: masculine noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix and preposition bə- - with your power
*hôrîdēmô*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix and conjunction wə- - and bring them down
*māginnēnû*: masculine noun with 1st person plural suffix - our shield
*ʾădōnāy*: divine title - my Lord/master

Word Meanings

*hănîʿēmô*: cause them to wander/shake them/make them stagger
*ḥêlĕkā*: your power/your strength/your army
*māginnēnû*: our shield/our defense/our protection

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 12:13 : 13 In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Prov 18:7 : 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Hos 4:2 : 2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Matt 12:36-37 : 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Ps 10:2 : 2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.
Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Ps 140:9-9 : 9 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Prov 6:2 : 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
Ps 64:7-8 : 7 But God will shoot at them; With an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded. 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
Ps 79:12 : 12 And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Ps 109:17-18 : 17 Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. 18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
Matt 27:63 : 63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
Luke 23:5 : 5 But they were the more urgent, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judaea, and beginning from Galilee even unto this place.
Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.

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