Psalms 71:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will also praise thee with the psaltery, [Even] thy truth, O my God: Unto thee will I sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־אֲנִ֤י ׀ אוֹדְךָ֣ בִכְלִי־נֶבֶל֮ אֲמִתְּךָ֢ אֱלֹ֫הָ֥י אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה לְךָ֣ בְכִנּ֑וֹר קְ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

Also-ʾănî ʾôḏəkā with kəlî-nebel ʾămittəkā ʾĕlōhāy ʾăzammərāh to you with kinnôr qəḏôš yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - 'I'
*ʾôḏəkā*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'I will praise you'
*kəlî*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'instrument of'
*nebel*: noun, masculine singular - 'harp/lute'
*ʾămittəkā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'your faithfulness'
*ʾĕlōhāy*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my God'
*ʾăzammərāh*: piel imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - 'let me sing praise'
*kinnôr*: noun, masculine singular - 'lyre'
*qəḏôš*: adjective, masculine singular construct - 'holy one of'
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'

Word Meanings

*ʾôḏəkā*: I will praise you/I will thank you/I will acknowledge you
*kəlî*: instrument/vessel/implement
*nebel*: harp/lute/string instrument
*ʾămittəkā*: your faithfulness/your truth/your reliability
*ʾĕlōhāy*: my God/my deity
*ʾăzammərāh*: let me sing praise/I will make music/I will play
*kinnôr*: lyre/harp/stringed instrument
*qəḏôš*: holy one of/sacred one of/set-apart one of

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 19:22 : 22 Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 89:18 : 18 For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 33:2 : 2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Isa 60:9 : 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Jehovah thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Ps 92:1-3 : 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; 2 To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, And thy faithfulness every night, 3 With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
Ps 98:3 : 3 He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Ps 138:2 : 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Ps 144:9 : 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with trumpet sound: Praise him with psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe. 5 Praise him with loud cymbals: Praise him with high sounding cymbals.
Isa 5:16 : 16 but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Isa 5:19 : 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 12:6 : 6 Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 30:11-12 : 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Hab 3:18-19 : 18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And will make me to walk upon my high places.
Rom 15:8 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers,
Ps 56:4 : 4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
Ps 78:41 : 41 And they turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 89:1 : 1 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the lovingkindness of Jehovah for ever: With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of Jehovah are lovingkindness and truth Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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