Psalms 85:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; Thou hast turned [thyself] from the fierceness of thine anger.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָ֭שָׂאתָ עֲוֺ֣ן עַמֶּ֑ךָ כִּסִּ֖יתָ כָל־חַטָּאתָ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃

Transliteration

nāśāʾtā ʿăwōn ʿammekā kissîtā all-ḥaṭṭāʾtām selāh

Grammar Details

*nāśāʾtā*: 2nd person masculine singular Qal perfect - you have lifted/carried/forgiven
*ʿăwōn*: masculine singular construct noun - iniquity of
*ʿammekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your people
*kissîtā*: 2nd person masculine singular Piel perfect - you have covered/concealed
*ḥaṭṭāʾtām*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sins
*selāh*: musical or liturgical notation

Word Meanings

*nāśāʾtā*: you have lifted/carried/forgiven/taken away
*ʿăwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity
*kissîtā*: you have covered/concealed/pardoned
*selāh*: musical pause/interlude/lifting up [meaning uncertain]

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 13:17 : 17 And there shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion upon you, and multiply you, as he has sworn unto your fathers;
Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being merciful, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: Yea, many a time turned he his anger away, And did not stir up all his wrath.
Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
John 1:29 : 29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
Exod 32:11-12 : 11 And Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exod 32:22 : 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are [set] on evil.
Isa 6:7 : 7 and he touched my mouth with it, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin forgiven.
Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.
Isa 54:7-9 : 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer. 9 For this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.

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