Psalms 68:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּ֤ר֣וּךְ אֲדֹנָי֮ י֤וֹם ׀ י֥וֹם יַֽעֲמָס־לָ֗נוּ הָ֘אֵ֤ל יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬נוּ סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

bārûk ʾădōnāy yôm yôm yaʿămās-lānû the-ʾēl yəšûʿātēnû selâ

Grammar Details

• *bārûk*: Qal passive participle masculine singular - 'blessed'
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - 'Lord'
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun (repeated) - 'day by day'
• *yaʿămās*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - 'he bears'
• *lānû*: preposition לְ (for) with 1st common plural suffix - 'for us'
• the-*ʾēl*: definite article + singular divine name - 'the God'
• *yəšûʿātēnû*: feminine singular noun with 1st common plural possessive suffix - 'our salvation'
• *selâ*: musical or liturgical term - 'Selah'

Word Meanings

• *bārûk*: blessed/praised/adored
• *yaʿămās*: bears/carries/loads
• *yəšûʿâ*: salvation/deliverance/victory
• *selâ*: pause/musical interlude/lift up

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, {G0} {G281} and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
• Rev 20:1 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
• 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
• Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
• Ps 118:17-18 : 17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah. 18 Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
• Isa 45:17-22 : 17 [ But] Israel shall be saved by Jehovah with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be put to shame nor confounded world without end. 18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else. 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
• 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.
• John 4:22 : 22 Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
• John 5:21 : 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
• John 5:23 : 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
• John 5:28-29 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.