Psalms 7:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָה֮ יָדִ֢ין עַ֫מִּ֥ים שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כְּצִדְקִ֖י וּכְתֻמִּ֣י עָלָֽי׃

Transliteration

YHWH yādîn ʿammîm shāpṭēnî YHWH according to-ṣidqî and-according to-tummî upon-me

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name
*yādîn*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will judge
*ʿammîm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples
*shāpṭēnî*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - judge me
*kəṣidqî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - according to my righteousness
*ûḵətummî*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and according to my integrity
*ʿālāy*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - upon me

Word Meanings

*yādîn*: will judge/will vindicate/will execute judgment
*ʿammîm*: peoples/nations/tribes
*shāpṭēnî*: judge me/vindicate me/defend my cause
*ṣidqî*: my righteousness/my justice/my righteous cause
*tummî*: my integrity/my blamelessness/my completeness

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Referenced Verses

Jer 11:20 : 20 But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Ps 37:23 : 23 A man's goings are established of Jehovah; And he delighteth in his way.
Ps 40:2 : 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Jehovah seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.
Ps 139:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Isa 37:36-38 : 36 And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail.
Dan 11:45 : 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because {G3739} he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,
1 Thess 3:13 : 13 to the end he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus {G5547} with all his saints.
1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, {G2424} after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself {G5209} perfect, establish, strengthen you.
Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Ps 58:6 : 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.
Ps 74:10-11 : 10 How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? 11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck] [it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them].
Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day. 23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
Ps 9:5-6 : 5 Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever. 6 The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished.
Ps 10:15 : 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That man who is of the earth may be terrible no more.
Ps 11:5 : 5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.

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