Psalms 62:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ךְ לֵ֭אלֹהִים דּ֣וֹמִּי נַפְשִׁ֑י כִּי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾak to ʾĕlōhîm dômmî my nepesh; for from him my tiqwâtî

Grammar Details

*ʾak*: adverb - surely/only
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with prefixed preposition 'to' - God
*dômmî*: qal imperative feminine singular - be silent/still/quiet
*nepesh*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - soul/life/self
*tiqwâtî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix with causal conjunction 'for' and preposition 'from' - my hope/expectation

Word Meanings

*ʾak*: surely/only/indeed
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)
*dômmî*: be silent/be still/be quiet/wait silently
*nepesh*: soul/life/self/being/person
*tiqwâtî*: my hope/expectation/outcome

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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 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
Ps 112:6 : 6 For he shall never be moved; The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.
Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Ps 18:31-32 : 31 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God, 32 The God that girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect?
Prov 10:30 : 30 The righteous shall never be removed; But the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
Prov 12:7 : 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
Isa 45:17 : 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end.
Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

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