Psalms 71:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵ֭אמֹר אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֲזָב֑וֹ רִֽדְפ֥וּ וְ֝תִפְשֻׂ֗והוּ כִּי־אֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

To lēʾmōr ʾĕlōhîm ʿăzābô ridpû wətipsûhû for-none maṣṣîl

Grammar Details

*lēʾmōr*: qal infinitive construct - 'saying'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'God'
*ʿăzābô*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'has forsaken him'
*ridpû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural - 'pursue'
*wətipsûhû*: qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural with conjunction and 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and seize him'
*maṣṣîl*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - 'deliverer'

Word Meanings

*lēʾmōr*: saying/to say
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*ʿăzābô*: has forsaken him/has abandoned him/has left him
*ridpû*: pursue/chase/follow after
*tipsûhû*: seize him/catch him/capture him
*maṣṣîl*: deliverer/rescuer/savior

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:2 : 2 Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Ps 3:2 : 2 Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {H5542}
2 Chr 32:13-14 : 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
Ps 37:25 : 25 I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.
Ps 37:28 : 28 For Jehovah loveth justice, And forsaketh not his saints; They are preserved for ever: But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Ps 41:7-8 : 7 All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt. 8 An evil disease, [say they], cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Matt 27:42-43 : 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him. 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matt 27:49 : 49 And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.

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