Psalms 60:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, That it may be displayed because of the truth. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִרְעַ֣שְׁתָּה אֶ֣רֶץ פְּצַמְתָּ֑הּ רְפָ֖ה שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָ כִי־מָֽטָה׃

Transliteration

hirʿaštâ ʾereṣ pəṣamtāh rəp̄â šəbāreyhā for-māṭâ

Grammar Details

*hirʿaštâ*: hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have caused to quake
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*pəṣamtāh*: qal perfect 2nd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - you have split it
*rəp̄â*: qal imperative masculine singular - heal
*šəbāreyhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its breaches/breaks
*māṭâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it totters/shakes

Word Meanings

*hirʿaštâ*: you have caused to quake/made to tremble
*pəṣamtāh*: you have split it/broken it open/torn it
*rəp̄â*: heal/repair/restore
*šəbāreyhā*: its breaches/breaks/fractures
*māṭâ*: it totters/shakes/is unstable

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 20:5 : 5 We will triumph in thy salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners: Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.
Isa 11:12 : 12 And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isa 13:2 : 2 Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
Isa 49:22 : 22 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.
Jer 5:1-3 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her. 2 And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Ps 45:4 : 4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Song 2:4 : 4 He brought me to the banqueting - house, And his banner over me was love.
Isa 5:26 : 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.
Exod 17:15 : 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
Ps 12:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, Jehovah; For the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

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