Psalms 75:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. We give thanks unto thee, O God; We give thanks, for thy name is near: Men tell of thy wondrous works.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אַל־תַּשְׁחֵ֑ת מִזְמ֖וֹר לְאָסָ֣ף שִֽׁיר׃

Transliteration

To-the-mənaṣṣēaḥ ʾal-tašḥēt mizmôr to-ʾāsāp̄ šîr

Grammar Details

*mənaṣṣēaḥ*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition 'to/for' - director of music/choirmaster
*ʾal-tašḥēt*: negative particle with Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular verb - 'do not destroy'
*mizmôr*: masculine singular noun construct - psalm/song
*ʾāsāp̄*: proper name with prefixed preposition 'to/for' - Asaph
*šîr*: masculine singular noun - song

Word Meanings

*mənaṣṣēaḥ*: choirmaster/music director/chief musician
*ʾal-tašḥēt*: do not destroy/a musical term/possibly a tune name
*mizmôr*: psalm/melodic composition
*ʾāsāp̄*: Asaph (a Levitical musician)
*šîr*: song/musical composition

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 145:18 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.
Ps 76:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song. In Judah is God known: His name is great in Israel.
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.
Jer 10:6 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Exod 23:21 : 21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgression: for my name is in him.
Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth; 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Deut 4:7 : 7 For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?
Deut 4:33-34 : 33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Ps 44:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Ps 57:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.
Ps 58:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam. Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

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