Psalms 6:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

šûbâ YHWH ḥallṣâ napšî hôšî'ēnî for-sake ḥasdekā

Grammar Details

*šûbâ*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - return/turn
*YHWH*: divine name
*ḥallṣâ*: verb, piel imperative masculine singular - deliver/rescue
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*hôšî'ēnî*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - save me
*ḥasdekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness

Word Meanings

*šûbâ*: return/turn back/relent
*ḥallṣâ*: deliver/rescue/set free
*napšî*: my soul/my life/my being/myself
*hôšî'ēnî*: save me/deliver me/help me
*ḥasdekā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy/your covenant faithfulness

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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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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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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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

Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 115:17 : 17 The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
John 9:4 : 4 We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Ps 118:17 : 17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 38:18-19
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18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Ps 115:17
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17The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
Ps 88:5-6
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5Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.
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76%
10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah
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12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
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47Oh remember how short my time is: For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!
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Job 14:12-13
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Ps 30:3
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Job 7:9-10
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Job 21:32
71%
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Job 30:23-24
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23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
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Ps 63:6
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