Psalms 7:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִגְמָר־נָ֬א רַ֨ע ׀ רְשָׁעִים֮ וּתְכוֹנֵ֢ן צַ֫דִּ֥יק וּבֹחֵ֣ן לִ֭בּ֗וֹת וּכְלָי֗וֹת אֱלֹהִ֥ים צַדּֽ͏ִיק׃

Transliteration

yigmār-nāʾ raʿ rəshāʿîm ûtəḵônēn ṣaddîq ûbōḥēn libbôt ûḵəlāyôt ʾĕlōhîm ṣaddîq

Grammar Details

*yigmār-nāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + particle of entreaty - let come to an end, please
*raʿ*: noun, masculine singular - evil/wickedness
*rəshāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - wicked ones
*ûtəḵônēn*: conjunction + verb, polel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you establish
*ṣaddîq*: adjective, masculine singular - righteous
*ûbōḥēn*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular - and tester/examiner
*libbôt*: noun, masculine plural - hearts
*ûḵəlāyôt*: conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and kidneys/inmost being
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God

Word Meanings

*yigmār*: come to an end/cease/be complete
*raʿ*: evil/wickedness/harm
*rəshāʿîm*: wicked ones/evildoers
*təḵônēn*: establish/make firm/set up
*ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just person
*bōḥēn*: tester/examiner/searcher
*libbôt*: hearts (as seat of thought and emotion)
*kəlāyôt*: kidneys/inmost being (seat of emotion and moral consciousness)

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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 125:4 : 4 Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Prov 2:21 : 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.
Prov 11:20 : 20 They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Job 8:6 : 6 If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Ps 18:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said, I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength. 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Ps 89:18 : 18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

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