Psalms 63:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הָיִ֣יתָ עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י וּבְצֵ֖ל כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ אֲרַנֵּֽן׃

Transliteration

For hāyîtā ʿezrātāh to me and in ṣēl kənāpekā ʾărannēn

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hāyîtā*: verb, Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have been
*ʿezrātāh*: noun, feminine singular - help
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*ubəṣēl*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - and in shadow of
*kənāpekā*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wings
*ʾărannēn*: verb, Piel imperfect, 1st singular - I will sing for joy

Word Meanings

*ʿezrātāh*: help/assistance/support
*ṣēl*: shadow/shade/protection
*kənāpekā*: your wings/your protective covering
*ʾărannēn*: I will sing for joy/I will shout with joy/I will rejoice

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 18:35 : 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
Gen 32:26-28 : 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
2 Chr 31:21 : 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Luke 18:5-7 : 5 yet because this widow {G3930} troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?
Phil 2:12-13 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Col 1:29 : 29 whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Ps 37:24 : 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
Ps 41:12 : 12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
Ps 73:23 : 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.
Ps 73:25 : 25 Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Ps 94:18 : 18 When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
Ps 143:6-7 : 6 I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a weary land. {H5542} 7 Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Song 2:6 : 6 His left hand [is] under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
Song 3:2 : 2 [ I said], I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Matt 11:12 : 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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