Psalms 71:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָלֶ֤יךָ ׀ נִסְמַ֬כְתִּי מִבֶּ֗טֶן מִמְּעֵ֣י אִ֭מִּי אַתָּ֣ה גוֹזִ֑י בְּךָ֖ תְהִלָּתִ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

Transliteration

Upon ʿālêkā nismaktî from beṭen from məʿê ʾimmî ʾattāh gôzî in bəkā təhillātî tāmîd

Grammar Details

*ʿālêkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'upon you'
*nismaktî*: niphal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have been supported'
*beṭen*: noun, feminine singular - 'womb'
*məʿê*: noun, masculine plural construct - 'bowels of'
*ʾimmî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my mother'
*ʾattāh*: 2nd person masculine singular independent pronoun - 'you'
*gôzî*: qal participle with 1st person singular suffix - 'my cutter/deliverer'
*bəkā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'in you'
*təhillātî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my praise'
*tāmîd*: adverb - 'continually/always'

Word Meanings

*nismaktî*: I have been supported/I have leaned/I have relied
*beṭen*: womb/belly/abdomen
*məʿê*: bowels/inward parts/womb
*gôzî*: my deliverer/my cutter/one who brought me forth
*təhillātî*: my praise/my song of praise/my object of praise
*tāmîd*: continually/always/regularly

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 22:9-9 : 9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust [when I was] upon my mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.
Ps 139:15-16 : 15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.
Ps 34:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
Isa 46:3-4 : 3 Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb; 4 and even to old age I am he, and even to hoar hairs will I carry [you]; I have made, and I will bear; yea, I will carry, and will deliver.
Isa 49:5 : 5 And now saith Jehovah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered unto him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Jehovah, and my God is become my strength);
Isa 49:1 : 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples, from far: Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name:
Jer 3:4 : 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Luke 1:31-32 : 31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Gal 1:15 : 15 But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me, [even] from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace,
Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
Ps 71:14 : 14 But I will hope continually, And will praise thee yet more and more.
Ps 145:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of praise; of David.] I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
Prov 8:17 : 17 I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

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