Psalms 84:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֭שְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י בֵיתֶ֑ךָ ע֝֗וֹד יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃

Transliteration

ʾašrê yôšəbê bêtekā ʿôd yəhaləlûkā selāh

Grammar Details

*ʾašrê*: construct plural noun - 'blessings of/happiness of'
*yôšəbê*: Qal participle, masculine plural construct - 'dwellers of/those who dwell in'
*bêtekā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your house'
*ʿôd*: adverb - 'still/continually'
*yəhaləlûkā*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - 'they will praise you'
*selāh*: liturgical or musical term - meaning uncertain

Word Meanings

*ʾašrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
*yôšəbê*: dwellers/inhabitants/those who sit
*ʿôd*: still/yet/continually/again
*selāh*: musical pause/interlude/lift up

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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

Ps 28:7-8 : 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him. 8 Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 42:4 : 4 These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
Ps 55:14 : 14 We took sweet counsel together; We walked in the house of God with the throng.
Ps 81:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Ps 122:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
Jer 31:6 : 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.
Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God. 5 They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces thitherward, [saying], Come ye, and join yourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;
Zech 10:12 : 12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.
2 Cor 12:9 : 9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

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