Psalms 76:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When God arose to judgment, To save all the meek of the earth. {H5542}

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֭שָּׁמַיִם הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּ דִּ֑ין אֶ֖רֶץ יָֽרְאָ֣ה וְשָׁקָֽטָה

Transliteration

From šāmayim hišmaʿtā dîn ʾereṣ yārəʾâ wə-šāqāṭâ

Grammar Details

*šāmayim*: masculine dual noun with prefixed preposition min - 'from heaven'
*hišmaʿtā*: hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you caused to hear/proclaimed'
*dîn*: masculine singular noun - 'judgment'
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - 'earth/land'
*yārəʾâ*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'she feared'
*wə-šāqāṭâ*: qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with prefixed waw - 'and she was quiet'

Word Meanings

*šāmayim*: heaven/skies/heavens
*hišmaʿtā*: you caused to hear/proclaimed/announced
*dîn*: judgment/sentence/verdict
*ʾereṣ*: earth/land/ground
*yārəʾâ*: feared/was afraid/trembled
*šāqāṭâ*: was quiet/was still/was at rest

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 9:7-9 : 7 [But Jehovah] [sitteth] [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment; 8 And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness. 9 Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;
Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
Ps 72:4 : 4 He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.
Ps 82:2-5 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? Selah 3 Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible [apparel] of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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