Psalms 69:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let not them that wait for thee be put to shame through me, O Lord Jehovah of hosts: Let not those that seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י וְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹא־נִכְחָֽדוּ׃

Transliteration

'ĕlōhîm 'attâ yāda'tā to-'iwwaltî and-'ašmôtay from-you not-niḵḥādû

Grammar Details

*'ĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
*'attâ*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - you
*yāda'tā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you know
*'iwwaltî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition lĕ - to my folly
*'ašmôtay*: feminine plural noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed conjunction waw - and my guilt/guilt-offerings
*niḵḥādû*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - they are hidden

Word Meanings

*'ĕlōhîm*: God/gods
*yāda'tā*: you know/you knew
*'iwwaltî*: my folly/my foolishness
*'ašmôtay*: my guilt/my sins/my trespasses/my wrongdoings
*niḵḥādû*: they are hidden/they are concealed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,
Ps 7:7 : 7 And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.
Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, none that wait for thee shall be put to shame: They shall be put to shame that deal treacherously without cause.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things:
Isa 49:23 : 23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Luke 24:19-21 : 19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.
Acts 4:7 : 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
Acts 13:17 : 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm led he them forth out of it.
Acts 13:23 : 23 Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

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