Psalms 68:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O God, [thou art] terrible out of thy holy places: The God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto [his] people. Blessed be God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּנ֥וּ עֹ֗ז לֵֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים עַֽל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל גַּאֲוָת֑וֹ וְ֝עֻזּ֗וֹ בַּשְּׁחָקִֽים׃

Transliteration

tənû ʿōz to-ʾĕlōhîm upon-yiśrāʾēl gaʾăwātô wə-ʿuzzô ba-ššəḥāqîm

Grammar Details

*tənû*: Qal imperative masculine plural - 'give'
*ʿōz*: masculine singular noun - 'strength'
to-*ʾĕlōhîm*: preposition לְ (to) + masculine plural noun with singular meaning - 'to God'
upon-*yiśrāʾēl*: preposition עַל (over) + proper noun - 'over Israel'
*gaʾăwātô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'his majesty'
*wə-ʿuzzô*: conjunction וְ (and) + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'and his strength'
*ba-ššəḥāqîm*: preposition בְּ (in) + definite article + masculine plural noun - 'in the clouds'

Word Meanings

*gaʾăwātô*: his majesty/his pride/his excellency
*šəḥāqîm*: clouds/skies/heaven

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 29:11 : 11 Jehovah will give strength unto his people; Jehovah will bless his people with peace.
Ps 65:5 : 5 By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of them that are afar off upon the sea:
Ps 66:5 : 5 Come, and see the works of God; [He is] terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Ps 66:20 : 20 Blessed be God, Who hath not turned away my prayer, Nor his lovingkindness from me.
Ps 72:18-19 : 18 Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things: 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever; And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
Ps 76:12 : 12 He will cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.
Isa 40:29 : 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
Isa 45:21 : 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.
Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
Eph 3:16 : 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
Col 1:11 : 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
Heb 12:24-29 : 24 and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven: 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven. 27 And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby {G1223} we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Rev 6:16-17 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
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.
Ps 47:2 : 2 For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
Exod 15:1 : 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Deut 33:25 : 25 Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Neh 1:5 : 5 and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

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