Psalms 7:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣וֹ בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וְעַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ חֲמָס֥וֹ יֵרֵֽד׃

Transliteration

yāshûb ʿămālô on-rōʾshô and-upon qodqodô ḥămāsô yērēd

Grammar Details

*yāshûb*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will return
*ʿămālô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his trouble/mischief
*bərōʾshô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - upon his head
*wəʿal-qodqodô*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and upon his crown/skull
*ḥămāsô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his violence
*yērēd*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will descend/come down

Word Meanings

*yāshûb*: will return/will come back/will revert
*ʿămālô*: his trouble/his mischief/his labor/his toil
*rōʾshô*: his head (literal and figurative for responsibility)
*qodqodô*: his crown/his skull/top of his head
*ḥămāsô*: his violence/his wrong/his cruelty
*yērēd*: will descend/will come down/will fall

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
Ps 71:15-16 : 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof]. 16 I will come with the mighty acts of the Lord Jehovah: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Ps 92:1 : 1 A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
Ps 92:8 : 8 But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
Ps 98:2 : 2 Jehovah hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations.
Ps 111:3 : 3 His work is honor and majesty; And his righteousness endureth for ever.
Ps 145:7 : 7 They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.
Dan 4:17 : 17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.
Dan 4:25 : 25 that thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and shalt be wet with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee; till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Dan 4:34 : 34 And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Acts 7:48 : 48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Ps 35:28 : 28 And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness [And] of thy praise all the day long.
Ps 51:14 : 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

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