Psalms 77:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽבַעֲלִ֖ילוֹתֶ֣יךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה

Transliteration

And-hāḡîṯî in-all-pāʿŏleḵā and-in-ʿălîlôṯeḵā ʾāśîḥāh

Grammar Details

*hāḡîṯî*: 1st person singular qal perfect with waw-consecutive - and I will meditate
*pāʿŏleḵā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your work
*ʿălîlôṯeḵā*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your deeds
*ʾāśîḥāh*: 1st person singular qal imperfect/cohortative - I will muse/meditate

Word Meanings

*hāḡîṯî*: I will meditate/I will mutter/I will ponder
*pāʿŏleḵā*: your work/your deed/your action
*ʿălîlôṯeḵā*: your deeds/your exploits/your acts
*ʾāśîḥāh*: I will muse/I will meditate/I will ponder

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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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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Ps 73:17 : 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.
Deut 32:31 : 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Ps 63:2 : 2 So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.
Ps 68:25 : 25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
Ps 71:19 : 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?
Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
Ps 86:8 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
Ps 89:6-8 : 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah, 7 A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him? 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

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