Psalms 84:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י טֽוֹב־י֥וֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶ֗יךָ מֵ֫אָ֥לֶף בָּחַ֗רְתִּי הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהַ֑י מִ֝דּ֗וּר בְּאָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

Transliteration

For ṭôb-yôm in ḥăṣêreykā from ʾālep bāḥartî histôpēp in bêt ʾĕlōhay from dûr in ʾohŏlê-rešaʿ

Grammar Details

• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine singular - 'good'
• *yôm*: masculine singular noun - 'day'
• *ḥăṣêreykā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix with preposition ba- - 'in your courts'
• *ʾālep*: masculine singular noun with preposition mē- - 'than a thousand'
• *bāḥartî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have chosen'
• *histôpēp*: Hithpoel infinitive construct - 'to stand at the threshold'
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct with preposition bə- - 'in the house of'
• *ʾĕlōhay*: masculine plural noun + 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my God'
• *dûr*: Qal infinitive construct with preposition min- - 'than to dwell'
• *ʾohŏlê*: masculine plural construct - 'tents of'
• *rešaʿ*: masculine singular noun - 'wickedness'

Word Meanings

• *ṭôb*: good/pleasant/favorable
• *ḥăṣêreykā*: your courts/your yards/your enclosures
• *bāḥartî*: I have chosen/I have selected/I prefer
• *histôpēp*: to stand at threshold/to be a doorkeeper/to linger at doorway
• *dûr*: to dwell/to reside/to live
• *ʾohŏlê*: tents/tabernacles/dwellings
• *rešaʿ*: wickedness/evil/unrighteousness

Referenced Verses

• Prov 2:7 : 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity;
• Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints; For there is no want to them that fear him. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Ps 85:12 : 12 Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good; And our land shall yield its increase.
• Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God shall supply every {G5216} need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp thereof [is] the Lamb.
• Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
• Prov 28:18 : 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.
• Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
• Prov 10:9 : 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not {G3361} walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us {G2596} more and {G5236} more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
• Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh truth in his heart;
• Ps 27:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
• John 1:9 : 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
• Phil 1:6 : 6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
• Rom 8:16-18 : 16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God: 17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him]. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
• 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
• Gal 2:14 : 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
• Prov 28:6 : 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, Than he that is perverse in [his] ways, though he be rich.
• Ps 84:9 : 9 Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
• Ps 119:114 : 114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
• John 1:16 : 16 For of his fulness {G2983} we all received, and grace for grace.
• Mic 2:7 : 7 Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
• Ps 115:9-9 : 9 O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield. 11 Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
• Ps 47:9 : 9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together [To be] the people of the God of Abraham: For the shields of the earth belong unto God; He is greatly exalted.