Psalms 65:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נ֤וֹרָא֨וֹת ׀ בְּצֶ֣דֶק תַּ֭עֲנֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׁעֵ֑נוּ מִבְטָ֥ח כָּל־קַצְוֵי־אֶ֝֗רֶץ וְיָ֣ם רְחֹקִֽים

Transliteration

With-nôrāʾôṯ in-ṣedeq taʿănēnû ʾĕlōhê yišʿēnû miḇṭāḥ all-qaṣwê-ʾereṣ and-yām rəḥōqîm

Grammar Details

*nôrāʾôṯ*: adjective, feminine plural - awesome/fearful things
*bə-ṣedeq*: preposition beth (in) with noun, masculine singular - in righteousness
*taʿănēnû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - you will answer us
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
*yišʿēnû*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - our salvation
*miḇṭāḥ*: noun, masculine singular - confidence/trust/security
*kol-qaṣwê-ʾereṣ*: noun construct chain - all ends of earth
*wə-yām*: conjunction waw (and) with noun, masculine singular - and sea
*rəḥōqîm*: adjective, masculine plural - distant ones/far away

Word Meanings

*nôrāʾôṯ*: awesome things/fearful things/wonders
*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*taʿănēnû*: will answer us/respond to us/hear us
*yišʿēnû*: our salvation/deliverance/victory
*miḇṭāḥ*: confidence/security/trust/hope
*qaṣwê*: ends/extremities/borders
*rəḥōqîm*: distant/far away/remote

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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 93:1 : 1 Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
Ps 119:90 : 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?
Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
Hab 3:6 : 6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.
1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; And they that stumbled are girded with strength.
Ps 24:2 : 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the floods.

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